tritone
Image that consists of three different colors of ink to produce a subtle range of tone. Usually black is one of these colors and it is often combined with 2 Pantone spot colors.

TrueImage
A PostScript-compatible graphics system that was developed by Microsoft. They cross-licensed it to Apple in in exchange for their TrueType technology, which once again proves that Microsoft are better businessmen then Apple. TrueImage was buggy and inferior to PostScript. The only application that ever used it was Aldus TrapWise.

TrueType
A font format created by Apple Computer. More information can be found on the font pages.

Trumatch
Colour matching system that is similar to Pantone

turnkey system
System that is ready to be used right out of the box without any additional purchases

TVI
Abbreviation for Tone Value Increase (dot gain) - Numerical value to indicate the physical and optical enlargement of halftone dots during the printing process.

TWAIN
Abbreviation for Technology Without An Important (or Interesting) Name, an application communication protocol for MacOS and Windows developed by Aldus, Caere, HP, Logitech, and Kodak. TWAIN drivers allow applications like Photoshop, PageMaker or CorelDraw to directly import data from devices such as scanners, video-capture boards or digital cameras.

twip
Abbreviation for TWentIeth of a Point, 1/1440th of an inch

type
Letters of the alphabet, and all the other characters used to create words, sentences, paragraphs, etc.

type 42 fonts
Type 42 fonts are TrueType fonts with a rather trivial PostScript “wrapper” around them so they can be processed by a PostScript RIP. Most PostScript Level 2 printers support type 42 fonts.

typeface
The style and design of a particular alphabet
or: a single style variation in a type family, such as light, bold or condensed, for example: Times Roman ItaIic.

typography
The art (and craft) of setting type so as to enhance the text. “If it’s done well, no one will notice”.

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