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Fanfold - Continuous stationery, typically used for computer print-outs and invoices. Holes running down both sides allow the use of pin or tractor feeds.
Filler - extra material used to complete a column or page, usually of little importance.
Flag - the designed title of a newspaper as it appears at the top of page one.
Flexography - a rotary letterpress process printing from rubber or flexible plates and using fast drying inks. Mainly used for packaging.
Floating accent - an accent mark which is set separately from the main character and is then placed either over or under it.
Flush left - copy aligned along the left margin. Flush right - copy aligned along the right margin.
Flyer - an inexpensively produced circular used for promotional distribution.
Foil blocking - a process for stamping a design on a book cover without ink by using a coloured foil with pressure from a heated die or block.
Font (or fount) - a complete set of characters in a typeface.
Four colour process - printing in full colour using four colour separation negatives - yellow, magenta, cyan and black.
French fold - a sheet which has been printed on one side only and then folded with two right angle folds to form a four page uncut section. (For more information on folds, please refer to Folding Techniques Menu under Print Workshop.) | 
