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Folding – the sharp-edged bending of paper under pressure at a prepared or unprepared bending point along a straight line according to specified dimensions and folding layouts.

Fonts - Also known as typefaces, are the style of the letters in your text. There are hundreds of different fonts, and graphic designers choose them with great care to convey their messages. All Macs and PCs come with a range of different fonts built-in, but designers usually work with a much greater range. Fonts can be bought on CDs or downloaded from the Internet.

Format - The size, style, type page, margin, printing requirements, etc. of a printed piece.

Four-colour (4 colour) process - A method of printing that uses dots of cyan, magenta, yellow and black (see: CMYK) to recreate the continuous tones and variety of colours in a colour image.

FreeHand - A professional graphics programme produced by Macromedia. FreeHand is used for graphic design work such as logos and drawings. Graphics can be exported to PageMaker or QuarkXPress.