This dictionary covers design, prepress and printing topics.
It was created with the help of Stan Schwartz.

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M
Abbreviation for Magenta

MAC (address)
Abbreviation for Media Access Control: unique address (number) build into each network interface card, even if it is used in a PC. It is sometimes referred to as the hardware or physical address. It can be found in either the properties of the network card or by typing ‘ipconfig /all’ in the command window of Windows. My ethernet card has MAC address 00-20-18-2B-BA-43.

macros
Any number of keyboard characters that have been programmed and assigned to a single key. When the programmed key is pressed, all of the characters that were programmed and stored in the macro are played back, or executed exactly as if each character key in the macro were entered again.

magenta
Reddisch color that is part of the CMYK colors that are used in 4-color printing. The color is named after a small Italian town, west of Milan, in which Napoleon III won a battle over the Austrians in 1859. To celebrate this victory, the French named the color that had been invented that same year after the city.

majuscule
Synonym for uppercase

makeready
In letterpress, makeready is done by building up or reducing the impression level under the tympan cylinder packing to make sure that all image area are type high. The ideal result is a “kiss” impression.

MAN
Abbreviation for Metropolitan Area Network: a network that stretches across an entire city.

Manutius, Aldus-
Late 15-th century scholar and printer. He designed the Bembo and Cloister Italic typefaces. Of course we all know him because his portrait appeared on some many boxes of PageMaker and other Aldus programs.

markup
The marking of typesetting specifications on layout and copy for the typesetter to follow.

MB
abbreviation for MegaByte or MegaBit - a lowercase b should indicate megabit but not everybody sticks to this convention. A megabyte equals 1048576 bytes.

MBR
abbreviation for Master Boot Record

MCGA
abbreviation for Multi-Color Graphics Array: an enhanced version of CGA

MDC
abbreviation for Meta Data Controller

Megadot
Heidelbergs version of a chain screen

menu
A list of program demands and functions displayed on a computer’s monitor screen.

menu styling
in most layout programs, there are two ways to access the font “Times Italic.” The first way is to select a block of text, and assign it to the font “Times Italic.” The second way, known as “menu styling,” is to assign the block of text to the font “Times” and then assign it the characteristic. In general, using menu styling is considered bad practice.

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