Saddle Stitch or Wire:

A method of stitching brochures in which they are opened over a saddle shaped support and stitched through the back.

Saddle stitch:

Binding a booklet or magazine with staples in the seam where it folds.

Sans Serif:

A wide range of typefaces in which there are no finishing strokes. Arial is a common Sans Serif typeface.

Satin Finish:

A smooth finished paper with a sheen to the surface.

Scale:

To identify the percent by which images should be enlarged or reduced.

Scaling wheel:

Alternate term for Proportional scale.

Scanner:

Device used to make color separations, halftones, duo tones and tri tones. Also a device used to scan art, pictures or drawings in desktop publishing.

Score:

To mechanically crease or press a channel into paper along a line so it will fold more easily.

Screen:

A dot pattern used by lithographic presses to reproduce any tone or color that is not a solid.

Screen angles:

Frequently a desktop publishers nightmare. The angles at which halftone, duo tones, tri tones, and color separation printing films are placed to make them look right.