Terms starting with "F"
Finishing
The final stage of graphic production that includes folding, trimming, cutting, binding, and applying coatings to the printed material. Finishing defines the fi...
Flap / Cover Flap
The extensions of the front and back covers that are folded inward. They typically contain a brief text about the book and information about the author.
Flexible Cover
A type of book binding where the text block can be sewn or simply glued, and then covered by a printed triplex cardboard cover that is folded, making the cover ...
Foil Stamping
A technique for applying metallic foil using heat and pressure, widely used on book covers to create gold, silver, or holographic details.
Folio
The numbering of pages between the title page and the table of contents that do not follow the book's sequential numbering or are not printed. Also, chapter ope...
Font
A complete set of characters (letters, numbers, symbols) of a specific typographic style and weight. A typeface family can include several fonts: regular, bold,...
Foreign Rights
The rights to publish a book in its original language in countries other than those where the book was originally published. Translation rights are the rights t...
Front Matter
Components that precede the main text of a book, such as the title page, dedication, acknowledgments, preface, and table of contents.
Front matter
These are texts that precede the main body of the work, such as the preface, dedication, acknowledgments, and introduction.
