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GANG SHOOTING—Photographing several pages of original copy at the
same time.
GELATIN—A pure glue made from animal or vegetable matter.
GENERATION —A single step in a reproduction process.
GIGABYTE —Approximately one billion bytes of information, a kilobyte to
the third power (1,024 x 1,024 x 1,024).
GLAZE—An application of a transparent color or value over another color
or value.
GLOSSY PRINT—A print having a shiny finish, which does not readily
absorb inks or paints.
GLYCERIN—A heavy
watercolor pigment.
GOLDENROD—Paper
making press plates.
oil, colorless and odorless, used in the preparation of
or plastic mask material used to support negatives in
GOTHIC—An alphabet or typeface characterized by strokes of equal or
almost equal thickness, usually without serifs.
GOUACHE—An opaque watercolor.
GRADED WASH—A wash that blends a light tone to a dark tone or vice
versa.
GRADUATED FILL—To fill with color, shade, or pattern that variegates
from dark to light or vice versa.
GRAPHIC ARTS—A form of art specializing in work prepared primarily
for conveying information.
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