S/S (Same size) - an instruction to reproduce to the same size as the original.
Saddle stitching - a method of binding where the folded pages are stitched through the spine from the outside, using wire staples. Usually limited to 64 pages size.
Sans serif - a typeface that has no serifs (small strokes at the end of main stroke of the character). Scale - the means within a program to reduce or enlarge the amount of space an image will occupy. Some programs maintain the aspect ratio between width and height whilst scaling, thereby avoiding distortion.
Scaling - a means of calculating the amount of enlargement or reduction necessary to accommodate a photograph within the area of a design.
Scamp - a sketch of a design showing the basic concept.
Section mark ( ) - a character used at the beginning of a new section. Also used as a footnote symbol.
Section - a printed sheet folded to make a multiple of pages.
Security paper - paper incorporating special features (dyes, watermarks etc) for use on cheques.
Serif - a small cross stroke at the end of the main stroke of the letter.
Set size - the width of the type body of a given point size.
Set solid - type set without leading (line spacing) between the lines. Type is often set with extra space; eg 9 point set on 10 point.
Set off - the accidental transfer of the printed image from one sheet to the back of another.
Sheet - a single piece of paper. In poster work refers to the number of Double Crown sets in a full size poster.
Sheet fed - a printing press which prints single sheets of paper, not reels.
Sheetwise - a method of printing a section. Half the pages from a section are imposed and printed. The remaining half of the pages are then printed on the other side of the sheet.
Show-through - see opacity.
Side stabbed or stitched - the folded sections of a book are stabbed through with wire staples at the binding edge, prior to the covers being drawn on.
Side heading - a subheading set flush into the text at the left edge.
Sidebar - a vertical bar positioned usually on the right hand side of the screen.
Signature - a letter or figure printed on the first page of each section of a book and used as a guide when collating and binding.
Slurring - a smearing of the image, caused by paper slipping during the impression stage.
Small caps - a set of capital leters which are smaller than standard and are equal in size to the lower case letters for that typesize.
Soft back/cover - a book bound with a paper back cover.
Soft or discretionary hyphen - a specially coded hyphen which is only displayed when formatting of the hyphenated word puts it at the end of a line.
Spine - the binding edge at the back of a book.
SRA - a paper size in the series of ISO international paper sizes slightly larger than the A series allowing the printer extra space to bleed.
Stat - photostat copy.
Stem - the main vertical stroke making up a type character.
Stet - used in proof correction work to cancel a previous correction. From the Latin; 'let it stand'.
Strap - a subheading used above the main headline in a newspaper article.
Strawboard - a thicker board made from straw pulp, used in bookwork and in the making of envelopes and cartons. Not suitable for printing.
Strike-through - the effect of ink soaking through the printed sheet.
Subscript - the small characters set below the normal letters or figures.
Supercalendered paper - a smooth finished paper with a polished appearance, produced by rolling the paper between calenders. Examples of this are high gloss and art papers.
Superscript - the small characters set above the normal letters or figures.
Surprint (US) - (see Overprinting) printing over a previously printed area of either text or graphics.
Swash letters - italic characters with extra flourishes used at the beginning of chapters.
Swatch - a colour sample.
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