face printing
the first phase of printing which makes an imprint on the front-side of the page, followed by the reverse printing phase
facsimile
reproduction of a piece of graphic media (manuscript, artwork, print) that is as faithful as possible to the original, as a single sheet or bound
fair
festival of worship, carnival, display of wares
faked masthead
feigned, false or invented publication details for the concealment of a pirated edition, or for reasons of censorship
false place of printing
faked, false or invented print locations are in part a fashion that comes and goes, in part intended against censorship
family tree
genealogical compilation of a person’s descendants in the form of a tree, with branches, that grows upwards
fanfare style
France style of book covers with geometrically applied gilding, from the 16th and 17th centuries
fig-leaf edition
expurgated edition of a work from which religiously, politically or morally objectionable passages have been removed, also known as Bowdlerisation
figure
artistic or explanatory illustration in print or digital media
figure scale
the proportion of the figure in relation to the original
file transfer protocol (FTP)
a special network protocol permitting the transfer of data
files
written documents of courts and public authorities, classified temporally and by content
fillers
fillers include clay, calcium carbonate and barium sulphate and are used to give paper better qualities
film
photographic or cinematographic recording material, or the media form of images running together in sequence, forming a moving image
film lamination
finishing refinement of a piece of print matter through coating with glossy or matt plastic film, sometimes also embossed
finding aid
a document containing detailed information about a specific collection of papers or records within an archive
flatbed scanner
device for the digitalisation of images using an illumination and scanning unit
flesh side
the side of the skin on parchment which would have faced the body lying beneath it on the living animal
flexography
a type of relief printing process in which flexible printing plates are used in rotary printing
flush left (or right)
form of typesetting where lines of unequal length are aligned on one side (usually the left) in a straight line
flyer
one or two-sided printed sheet with news or advertising that are distributed or placed on display to be picked up
flyleaf
together with the pastedown, forms the endpapers of a book
flyleaf
a sheet of paper that links the front and rear cover with the book block
folding machine
paper-processing machine for the folding of sheets in accordance with the format being used
foldout
foldable page in a book, e.g. a map of a (technical) drawing
folio
a book in folio format, where the individual sheets are only folded once
font
in information technology, the electronic form of a typeface for the rendering of a set of characters on screen or for printing
font family
a group of related fonts with different widths, stroke depths and alignment of symbols
font style
typeface forms with particular sizes, weights and styles; the individual members of font families
footnote
annotation standing at the foot of a page, comparable to an endnote
forgery
a copy simulating a genuine original work brought deliberately into circulation with the intention of fraud
Forty-Eighters
member of the Frankfurt Assembly or an external proponent of liberal or democratic politics in the Revolution of 1848
fragment
piece broken away or separated from a whole
Fraktur
typeface from the group of blackletter typefaces
frater
male member of a monastic community, sometimes a term only used for a layman, whilst clergymen are named Father
French Republican Calendar
the calendar used in the French Revolution from 1792 and abolished by Napoleon again in 1806
front page
the first page of a newspaper or magazine
frontispiece
illustration on the side facing the title page of a book
full justification
when type is typographically set so that all the lines have the same length with the left and right-hand ends of the line flush with one another
full-tone
unscreened, uniform printing on a surface
functional illiteracy
the inability, despite certain reading and writing skills, to master writing to the degree fully required in daily life
