coma

From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).

(typography) Alternative form of comma (“punctuation mark”)


duplex

(typography) duplex matrix (matrix bearing two signs next to each other)


anima

From Latin anima, from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”). Doublet of alma.


chiocciola

From a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *clociola, diminutive of *clocea, from metathesis of Latin cochlea (“snail”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), cognate with κόχλος (kókhlos, “shellfish”).

(typography, computing) the “@” symbol, commercial at, at sign


breve

(typography) breve (the diacritical mark ˘)


grappa

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *krappō (“hook”).


spazio

Borrowed from Latin spatium, whence also Old Italian spazzo (“floor”), an inherited doublet.

(mathematics, geometry, astronomy, typography, other senses) space


zeppa

Borrowed from Lombardic *zippa, a late borrowing from Latin cippus or alteration of the earlier West Germanic *kippa. Compare dialectal German Kipfe (“axe, stave”), English chip, Dutch kip (“plow-beam”).

in printing, a small piece of lead used as a spacer or a brief article inserted to fill a page


rientrare

it-verb

rientràre (first-person singular present riéntro, first-person singular past historic rientrài, past participle rientràto, auxiliary èssere)

rientràre (canonical)
riéntro (first-person present singular)
rientrài (first-person historic past singular)
rientràto (participle past)
èssere (auxiliary)
rientràre (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
rientràndo (gerund)
rientrànte (participle present)
rientràto (participle past)
riéntro (first-person indicative present singular)
riéntri (indicative present second-person singular)
riéntra (indicative present singular third-person)
rientriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
rientràte (indicative plural present second-person)
riéntrano (indicative plural present third-person)
rientràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rientràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rientràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rientravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rientravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rientràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rientrài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rientràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rientrò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rientràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rientràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rientràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rientrerò (first-person future indicative singular)
rientrerài (future indicative second-person singular)
rientrerà (future indicative singular third-person)
rientrerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
rientreréte (future indicative plural second-person)
rientrerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
rientrerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
rientrerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
rientrerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
rientrerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
rientrerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
rientreréste (conditional plural present second-person)
rientrerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
rientrerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
riéntri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
riéntri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
riéntri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rientriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rientriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
riéntrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rientràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rientràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rientràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rientràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rientràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rientràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
riéntra (imperative second-person singular)
riéntri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rientriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
rientràte (imperative plural second-person)
riéntrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
rientràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
riéntri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rientriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
rientràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
riéntrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


perla

Horace
Jean Jannon
New Testament
Vergil
it:perla

Borrowed from French perle, the name given by Jean Jannon to the type used in his miniature editions of Vergil, Horace, & the New Testament in the 1620s, which were the smallest printed works to his time.

(printing, dated) a small size of type, standardized as 4 point


noce

it-noun

noce f (plural noci, diminutive nocìna, augmentative nocióna)

noci (plural)
nocìna (diminutive)
nocióna (augmentative)

Inherited from Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


testo

From Early New Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus (“woven”), perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”).

(uncountable, printing, dated) a large size of type, standardized as 16 point


corsivo

it-adj

corsivo (feminine corsiva, masculine plural corsivi, feminine plural corsive)

corsiva (feminine)
corsivi (masculine plural)
corsive (feminine plural)

From Medieval Latin cursīvus (probably a semi-learned borrowing), from Latin cursus.

il Nome d’un Paeſe è intagliato in lettere capitali tonde; e quelle d’un altro Paeſe, che vi è come incaﬅrato, in lettere capitali corſive

1693, Vincenzo Coronelli, “Delli caratteri, e punti [Of characters and punctuation marks]” (chapter 11), in Epitome cosmografica [Cosmographic epitome], page 369:

A country's name is etched in regular capital letters; and those of a different country, which is sort of embedded in it, in italic capital letters


corsivo

L’Abecedario Latino […] in rigore non hà che 19 Lettere, che ſono le ſeguenti majuſcole, e minuſcole, tanto in carattere tondo quanto in corſivo

1701, Vincenzo Coronelli, “ABEC”, in Biblioteca universale sacro-profana, antico-moderna, volume 1, Venice: Antonio Tivani, section 1841, page 387:

The Latin abecedarium strictly contains only 19 letters, which are the following, uppercase and lowercase, in both regular font and in italics

Smessa però quella mania di stampare tutto in corsivo, che stanca l’occhio del lettore, le edizioni tornarono all’ordine consueto

1870 May 1, “Sull’uso del corsivo, e bisogno potente di alcune riforme nell’inglese e nel ronde [On the use of italics, and the urgent need of reforms in English, and in regular character]”, in L’arte della stampa (anno II; 3), page 22:

But once that frenzy of printing everything in italics, which is tiring to the reader's eye, was over, publications went back to the usual form

Per formattare il testo in corsivo premete CTRL+I

1999, Giulia Maselli, Leonardo Pedersoli, transl., “La formattazione dei caratteri [Formatting of characters]” (chapter 11), in Word 2000 per Windows For Dummies, translation of Word 2000 For Windows For Dummies by Dan Gookin, →ISBN, page 142:


canone

From Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).

der

(printing, dated) 40- and 44-cicero type, the later taken as equivalent to the English canon


colonna

→ Greek: κολόνα (kolóna)

→ Lithuanian: kolona

→ Romanian: coloană

→ Russian: коло́нна (kolónna)

→ Serbo-Croatian: kolona


compaginare

it-verb

compaginàre (first-person singular present compàgino, first-person singular past historic compaginài, past participle compaginàto, auxiliary avére)

compaginàre (canonical)
compàgino (first-person present singular)
compaginài (first-person historic past singular)
compaginàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
compaginàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
compaginàndo (gerund)
compaginànte (participle present)
compaginàto (participle past)
compàgino (first-person indicative present singular)
compàgini (indicative present second-person singular)
compàgina (indicative present singular third-person)
compaginiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
compaginàte (indicative plural present second-person)
compàginano (indicative plural present third-person)
compaginàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
compaginàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
compaginàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
compaginavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
compaginavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
compaginàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
compaginài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
compaginàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
compaginò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
compaginàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
compaginàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
compaginàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
compaginerò (first-person future indicative singular)
compaginerài (future indicative second-person singular)
compaginerà (future indicative singular third-person)
compaginerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
compagineréte (future indicative plural second-person)
compaginerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
compaginerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
compaginerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
compaginerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
compaginerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
compaginerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
compagineréste (conditional plural present second-person)
compaginerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
compaginerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
compàgini (first-person present singular subjunctive)
compàgini (present second-person singular subjunctive)
compàgini (present singular subjunctive third-person)
compaginiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
compaginiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
compàginino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
compaginàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
compaginàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
compaginàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
compaginàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
compaginàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
compaginàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
compàgina (imperative second-person singular)
compàgini (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
compaginiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
compaginàte (imperative plural second-person)
compàginino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
compaginàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
compàgini (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
compaginiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
compaginàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
compàginino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, typography) to lay out (a page)


asta

(typography) the vertical part of a letter

a short, straight line
the vertical part of a letter


filosofia

From Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, filo- + -sofia.

(printing, dated) small pica: 11-point type


tipografico

it-adj

tipografico (feminine tipografica, masculine plural tipografici, feminine plural tipografiche)

tipografica (feminine)
tipografici (masculine plural)
tipografiche (feminine plural)


deponente

From esponente, with the prefix changed to de-.


carattere

it-noun

carattere m (plural caratteri, diminutive caratterino, augmentative caratteróne, pejorative caratteràccio)

caratteri (plural)
caratterino (diminutive)
caratteróne (augmentative)
caratteràccio (pejorative)

From Latin charactērem (““characteristic”, “mark””), from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr).

der

(typography) type, typeface, font, print


intestazione

(printing) header (in a printed document)


dieresi

From Late Latin diaeresis, from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (diaíresis).

(linguistics, prosody) the separation of a vowel, often a diphthong, into two distinct syllables


richiamo

(typography) reference mark (symbol used to refer a reader to a footnote or endnote)

(typography) Ellipsis of segno di richiamo.

meanings related to written works:
Ellipsis of segno di richiamo.

segno di richiamo
segno di richiamo#Italian

(typography) a mark left to indicate progress in proofreading

(publishing) guidewords (words to help reader in finding specific entry)

(printing, historical) catchword (word that repeats the first word on the following page)


virgolette

(typography) quotation marks, quotes, inverted commas, speech marks, guillemet


virgoletta

(typography) quotation mark, inverted comma


taccheggiare

it-verb

taccheggiàre (first-person singular present tacchéggio, first-person singular past historic taccheggiài, past participle taccheggiàto, auxiliary avére)

taccheggiàre (canonical)
tacchéggio (first-person present singular)
taccheggiài (first-person historic past singular)
taccheggiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
taccheggiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
taccheggiàndo (gerund)
taccheggiànte (participle present)
taccheggiàto (participle past)
tacchéggio (first-person indicative present singular)
tacchéggi (indicative present second-person singular)
tacchéggia (indicative present singular third-person)
taccheggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
taccheggiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
tacchéggiano (indicative plural present third-person)
taccheggiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
taccheggiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
taccheggiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
taccheggiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
taccheggiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
taccheggiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
taccheggiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
taccheggiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
taccheggiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
taccheggiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
taccheggiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
taccheggiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
taccheggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
taccheggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
taccheggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
taccheggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
taccheggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
taccheggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
taccheggerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
taccheggerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
taccheggerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
taccheggerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
taccheggerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
taccheggeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
taccheggerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
taccheggerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
tacchéggi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tacchéggi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tacchéggi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
taccheggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
taccheggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tacchéggino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
taccheggiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
taccheggiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
taccheggiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
taccheggiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
taccheggiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
taccheggiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tacchéggia (imperative second-person singular)
tacchéggi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
taccheggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
taccheggiàte (imperative plural second-person)
tacchéggino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
taccheggiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
tacchéggi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
taccheggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
taccheggiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
tacchéggino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(printing) to overlay (to paste a piece of paper on the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place)


parigina

As a noun, a calque of French parisienne (“5-point type”).

(printing, dated) a small size of type, standardized as 5 point


parentesi

From Late Latin parenthesis, from Ancient Greek πᾰρένθεσῐς (parénthesis).


licenziare

licenziàre (first-person singular present licènzio, first-person singular past historic licenziài, past participle licenziàto, auxiliary avére)

licenziàre (canonical)
licènzio (first-person present singular)
licenziài (first-person historic past singular)
licenziàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
licenziàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
licenziàndo (gerund)
licenziànte (participle present)
licenziàto (participle past)
licènzio (first-person indicative present singular)
licènzi (indicative present second-person singular)
licènzia (indicative present singular third-person)
licenziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
licenziàte (indicative plural present second-person)
licènziano (indicative plural present third-person)
licenziàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
licenziàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
licenziàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
licenziavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
licenziavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
licenziàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
licenziài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
licenziàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
licenziò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
licenziàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
licenziàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
licenziàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
licenzierò (first-person future indicative singular)
licenzierài (future indicative second-person singular)
licenzierà (future indicative singular third-person)
licenzierémo (first-person future indicative plural)
licenzieréte (future indicative plural second-person)
licenzierànno (future indicative plural third-person)
licenzierèi (conditional first-person present singular)
licenzierésti (conditional present second-person singular)
licenzierèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
licenzierébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
licenzierémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
licenzieréste (conditional plural present second-person)
licenzierèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
licenzierébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
licènzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
licènzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
licènzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
licenziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
licenziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
licènzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
licenziàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
licenziàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
licenziàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
licenziàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
licenziàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
licenziàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
licènzia (imperative second-person singular)
licènzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
licenziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
licenziàte (imperative plural second-person)
licènzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
licenziàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
licènzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
licenziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
licenziàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
licènzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin licentiāre. Compare French licencier.

(printing) to license (a book for printing)


impastato

it-adj

impastato (feminine impastata, masculine plural impastati, feminine plural impastate)

impastata (feminine)
impastati (masculine plural)
impastate (feminine plural)

(by extension, of printing) unclearly printed; smudged; fuzzy


paragone

(uncountable, printing, dated) a large size of type, standardized as 20 point


legatura

→ English: legatura

From Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus.

typographic ligature
typographic ligature

(orthography, typography) typographic ligature


rimaneggiare

it-verb

rimaneggiàre (first-person singular present rimanéggio, first-person singular past historic rimaneggiài, past participle rimaneggiàto, auxiliary avére)

rimaneggiàre (canonical)
rimanéggio (first-person present singular)
rimaneggiài (first-person historic past singular)
rimaneggiàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
rimaneggiàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
rimaneggiàndo (gerund)
rimaneggiànte (participle present)
rimaneggiàto (participle past)
rimanéggio (first-person indicative present singular)
rimanéggi (indicative present second-person singular)
rimanéggia (indicative present singular third-person)
rimaneggiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
rimaneggiàte (indicative plural present second-person)
rimanéggiano (indicative plural present third-person)
rimaneggiàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rimaneggiàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rimaneggiàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rimaneggiavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rimaneggiavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rimaneggiàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rimaneggiài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rimaneggiàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rimaneggiò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rimaneggiàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rimaneggiàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rimaneggiàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rimaneggerò (first-person future indicative singular)
rimaneggerài (future indicative second-person singular)
rimaneggerà (future indicative singular third-person)
rimaneggerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
rimaneggeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
rimaneggerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
rimaneggerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
rimaneggerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
rimaneggerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
rimaneggerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
rimaneggerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
rimaneggeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
rimaneggerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
rimaneggerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
rimanéggi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rimanéggi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rimanéggi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rimaneggiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rimaneggiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rimanéggino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rimaneggiàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rimaneggiàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rimaneggiàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rimaneggiàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rimaneggiàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rimaneggiàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rimanéggia (imperative second-person singular)
rimanéggi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rimaneggiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
rimaneggiàte (imperative plural second-person)
rimanéggino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
rimaneggiàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
rimanéggi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rimaneggiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
rimaneggiàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
rimanéggino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, typography) to recompose (text) in order to correct errors


impaginare

impaginàre (first-person singular present impàgino, first-person singular past historic impaginài, past participle impaginàto, auxiliary avére)

impaginàre (canonical)
impàgino (first-person present singular)
impaginài (first-person historic past singular)
impaginàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
impaginàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
impaginàndo (gerund)
impaginànte (participle present)
impaginàto (participle past)
impàgino (first-person indicative present singular)
impàgini (indicative present second-person singular)
impàgina (indicative present singular third-person)
impaginiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
impaginàte (indicative plural present second-person)
impàginano (indicative plural present third-person)
impaginàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
impaginàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
impaginàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
impaginavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
impaginavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
impaginàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
impaginài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
impaginàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
impaginò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
impaginàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
impaginàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
impaginàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
impaginerò (first-person future indicative singular)
impaginerài (future indicative second-person singular)
impaginerà (future indicative singular third-person)
impaginerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
impagineréte (future indicative plural second-person)
impaginerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
impaginerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
impaginerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
impaginerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impaginerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
impaginerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
impagineréste (conditional plural present second-person)
impaginerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impaginerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
impàgini (first-person present singular subjunctive)
impàgini (present second-person singular subjunctive)
impàgini (present singular subjunctive third-person)
impaginiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
impaginiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
impàginino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
impaginàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
impaginàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
impaginàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
impaginàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
impaginàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
impaginàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
impàgina (imperative second-person singular)
impàgini (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impaginiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
impaginàte (imperative plural second-person)
impàginino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
impaginàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
impàgini (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
impaginiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
impaginàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
impàginino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, printing) to lay out (a book, a document, etc.)


spaziare

spaziàre (first-person singular present spàzio, first-person singular past historic spaziài, past participle spaziàto, auxiliary avére)

spaziàre (canonical)
spàzio (first-person present singular)
spaziài (first-person historic past singular)
spaziàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
spaziàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
spaziàndo (gerund)
spaziànte (participle present)
spaziàto (participle past)
spàzio (first-person indicative present singular)
spàzi (indicative present second-person singular)
spàzia (indicative present singular third-person)
spaziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
spaziàte (indicative plural present second-person)
spàziano (indicative plural present third-person)
spaziàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
spaziàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
spaziàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
spaziavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
spaziavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
spaziàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
spaziài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
spaziàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
spaziò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
spaziàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
spaziàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
spaziàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
spazierò (first-person future indicative singular)
spazierài (future indicative second-person singular)
spazierà (future indicative singular third-person)
spazierémo (first-person future indicative plural)
spazieréte (future indicative plural second-person)
spazierànno (future indicative plural third-person)
spazierèi (conditional first-person present singular)
spazierésti (conditional present second-person singular)
spazierèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
spazierébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
spazierémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
spazieréste (conditional plural present second-person)
spazierèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
spazierébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
spàzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
spàzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
spàzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
spaziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
spaziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
spàzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
spaziàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
spaziàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
spaziàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
spaziàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
spaziàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
spaziàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
spàzia (imperative second-person singular)
spàzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
spaziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
spaziàte (imperative plural second-person)
spàzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
spaziàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
spàzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
spaziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
spaziàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
spàzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from Latin spatiāri. Doublet of spazzare, which was inherited.


poligrafico

it-adj

poligrafico (feminine poligrafica, masculine plural poligrafici, feminine plural poligrafiche)

poligrafica (feminine)
poligrafici (masculine plural)
poligrafiche (feminine plural)


impaginatore

(printing, graphic design) paste up artist, layout designer


finestrella

From finestra (“window”) + -ella (diminutive suffix).


gagliarda

(printing, dated) Galliard: the size of type between piccolo testo and Garamone, standardized as 8 Didot points (3.00 or 3.01 mm)


scompaginare

it-verb

scompaginàre (first-person singular present scompàgino, first-person singular past historic scompaginài, past participle scompaginàto, auxiliary avére)

scompaginàre (canonical)
scompàgino (first-person present singular)
scompaginài (first-person historic past singular)
scompaginàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scompaginàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scompaginàndo (gerund)
scompaginànte (participle present)
scompaginàto (participle past)
scompàgino (first-person indicative present singular)
scompàgini (indicative present second-person singular)
scompàgina (indicative present singular third-person)
scompaginiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scompaginàte (indicative plural present second-person)
scompàginano (indicative plural present third-person)
scompaginàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scompaginàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scompaginàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scompaginavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scompaginavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scompaginàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scompaginài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scompaginàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scompaginò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scompaginàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scompaginàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scompaginàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scompaginerò (first-person future indicative singular)
scompaginerài (future indicative second-person singular)
scompaginerà (future indicative singular third-person)
scompaginerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scompagineréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scompaginerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scompaginerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
scompaginerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
scompaginerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scompaginerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scompaginerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
scompagineréste (conditional plural present second-person)
scompaginerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scompaginerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scompàgini (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scompàgini (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scompàgini (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scompaginiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scompaginiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scompàginino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scompaginàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scompaginàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scompaginàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scompaginàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scompaginàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scompaginàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scompàgina (imperative second-person singular)
scompàgini (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scompaginiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scompaginàte (imperative plural second-person)
scompàginino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scompaginàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scompàgini (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scompaginiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scompaginàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scompàginino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, typography) to break down the layout of (a page)


interlineare

a/ì.addnote􂀿pres1p,sub1p,sub2p􂁀􂀿rare for euphonic reasons􂁀

interlineàre (first-person singular present interlìneo, first-person singular past historic interlineài, past participle interlineàto, auxiliary avére)

interlineàre (canonical)
interlìneo (first-person present singular)
interlineài (first-person historic past singular)
interlineàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
interlineàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
interlineàndo (gerund)
interlineànte (participle present)
interlineàto (participle past)
interlìneo (first-person indicative present singular)
interlìnei (indicative present second-person singular)
interlìnea (indicative present singular third-person)
interlineiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
interlineàte (indicative plural present second-person)
interlìneano (indicative plural present third-person)
interlineàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
interlineàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
interlineàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
interlineavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
interlineavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
interlineàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
interlineài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
interlineàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
interlineò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
interlineàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
interlineàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
interlineàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
interlineerò (first-person future indicative singular)
interlineerài (future indicative second-person singular)
interlineerà (future indicative singular third-person)
interlineerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
interlineeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
interlineerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
interlineerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
interlineerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
interlineerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
interlineerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
interlineerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
interlineeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
interlineerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
interlineerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
interlìnei (first-person present singular subjunctive)
interlìnei (present second-person singular subjunctive)
interlìnei (present singular subjunctive third-person)
interlineiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
interlineiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
interlìneino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
interlineàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
interlineàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
interlineàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
interlineàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
interlineàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
interlineàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
interlìnea (imperative second-person singular)
interlìnei (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
interlineiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
interlineàte (imperative plural second-person)
interlìneino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
interlineàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
interlìnei (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
interlineiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
interlineàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
interlìneino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, typography) to lead, lead out


fotolitografico

it-adj

fotolitografico (feminine fotolitografica, masculine plural fotolitografici, feminine plural fotolitografiche)

fotolitografica (feminine)
fotolitografici (masculine plural)
fotolitografiche (feminine plural)


eliografico

eliografico (feminine eliografica, masculine plural eliografici, feminine plural eliografiche)

eliografica (feminine)
eliografici (masculine plural)
eliografiche (feminine plural)

From elio- + -grafico or eliografia + -ico.


racla

Borrowed from French racle, from racler (“to scrape”).

(typography) a device for spreading ink on ink-cylinders


cianografo

it-noun

cianografo m (plural cianografi, feminine cianografa)

cianografi (plural)
cianografa (feminine)


rilievografico

it-adj

rilievografico (feminine rilievografica, masculine plural rilievografici, feminine plural rilievografiche)

rilievografica (feminine)
rilievografici (masculine plural)
rilievografiche (feminine plural)


battitoio

(typography) a wooden block used to level characters


Bodoni

(typography) a typeface originally designed by Giambattista Bodoni, Italian printer and typographer


castelletto

From castello + -etto (diminutive suffix). Compare French châtelet, English castlet.

(typography) a part of a composing stick used to adjust text justification


punto e virgola

it-noun

punto e virgola m (usually invariable, plural punti e virgola or punti e virgole)

punti e virgola (plural)
punti e virgole (plural)


grafema

(orthography, typography) grapheme (smallest unit of a writing system of any given language;letters of alphabet)


slargare

it-verb

slargàre (first-person singular present slàrgo, first-person singular past historic slargài, past participle slargàto, auxiliary avére)

slargàre (canonical)
slàrgo (first-person present singular)
slargài (first-person historic past singular)
slargàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
slargàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
slargàndo (gerund)
slargànte (participle present)
slargàto (participle past)
slàrgo (first-person indicative present singular)
slàrghi (indicative present second-person singular)
slàrga (indicative present singular third-person)
slarghiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
slargàte (indicative plural present second-person)
slàrgano (indicative plural present third-person)
slargàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
slargàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
slargàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
slargavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
slargavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
slargàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
slargài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
slargàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
slargò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
slargàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
slargàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
slargàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
slargherò (first-person future indicative singular)
slargherài (future indicative second-person singular)
slargherà (future indicative singular third-person)
slargherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
slargheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
slargherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
slargherèi (conditional first-person present singular)
slargherésti (conditional present second-person singular)
slargherèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
slargherébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
slargherémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
slargheréste (conditional plural present second-person)
slargherèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
slargherébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
slàrghi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
slàrghi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
slàrghi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
slarghiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
slarghiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
slàrghino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
slargàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
slargàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
slargàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
slargàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
slargàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
slargàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
slàrga (imperative second-person singular)
slàrghi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
slarghiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
slargàte (imperative plural second-person)
slàrghino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
slargàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
slàrghi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
slarghiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
slargàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
slàrghino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, printing) to take up space (on a page) [auxiliary avere]


spaziatore

it-adj

spaziatore (feminine spaziatrice, masculine plural spaziatori, feminine plural spaziatrici)

spaziatrice (feminine)
spaziatori (masculine plural)
spaziatrici (feminine plural)


scartinare

it-verb

scartinàre (first-person singular present scartìno, first-person singular past historic scartinài, past participle scartinàto, auxiliary avére)

scartinàre (canonical)
scartìno (first-person present singular)
scartinài (first-person historic past singular)
scartinàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scartinàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scartinàndo (gerund)
scartinànte (participle present)
scartinàto (participle past)
scartìno (first-person indicative present singular)
scartìni (indicative present second-person singular)
scartìna (indicative present singular third-person)
scartiniàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scartinàte (indicative plural present second-person)
scartìnano (indicative plural present third-person)
scartinàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scartinàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scartinàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scartinavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scartinavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scartinàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scartinài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scartinàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scartinò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scartinàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scartinàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scartinàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scartinerò (first-person future indicative singular)
scartinerài (future indicative second-person singular)
scartinerà (future indicative singular third-person)
scartinerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scartineréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scartinerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scartinerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
scartinerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
scartinerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scartinerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
scartinerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
scartineréste (conditional plural present second-person)
scartinerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scartinerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
scartìni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scartìni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scartìni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scartiniàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scartiniàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scartìnino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scartinàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scartinàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scartinàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scartinàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scartinàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scartinàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scartìna (imperative second-person singular)
scartìni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scartiniàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scartinàte (imperative plural second-person)
scartìnino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scartinàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scartìni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scartiniàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scartinàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scartìnino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, printing) to insert slip sheets between


a.c.

(typography, music) Abbreviation of a capo.


segno diacritico

it-noun

segno diacritico m (plural segni diacritici)

(orthography, typography) diacritical mark, diacritic


accavalcatura

(printing) misalignment of rows of movable type


accavalcare

it-verb

accavalcàre (first-person singular present accavàlco, first-person singular past historic accavalcài, past participle accavalcàto, auxiliary avére)

accavalcàre (canonical)
accavàlco (first-person present singular)
accavalcài (first-person historic past singular)
accavalcàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
accavalcàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
accavalcàndo (gerund)
accavalcànte (participle present)
accavalcàto (participle past)
accavàlco (first-person indicative present singular)
accavàlchi (indicative present second-person singular)
accavàlca (indicative present singular third-person)
accavalchiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
accavalcàte (indicative plural present second-person)
accavàlcano (indicative plural present third-person)
accavalcàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
accavalcàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
accavalcàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
accavalcavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
accavalcavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
accavalcàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
accavalcài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
accavalcàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
accavalcò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
accavalcàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
accavalcàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
accavalcàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
accavalcherò (first-person future indicative singular)
accavalcherài (future indicative second-person singular)
accavalcherà (future indicative singular third-person)
accavalcherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
accavalcheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
accavalcherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
accavalcherèi (conditional first-person present singular)
accavalcherésti (conditional present second-person singular)
accavalcherèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
accavalcherébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
accavalcherémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
accavalcheréste (conditional plural present second-person)
accavalcherèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
accavalcherébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
accavàlchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
accavàlchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
accavàlchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
accavalchiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
accavalchiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
accavàlchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
accavalcàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
accavalcàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
accavalcàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
accavalcàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
accavalcàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
accavalcàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
accavàlca (imperative second-person singular)
accavàlchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accavalchiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
accavalcàte (imperative plural second-person)
accavàlchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
accavalcàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
accavàlchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accavalchiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
accavalcàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
accavàlchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(printing) to cause (letters or lines) to be misaligned


occhio di mosca

it-noun

occhio di mosca m (plural occhi di mosca)

See occhio + mosca. Coined as a typographic term by Antonio Farina, who was the first to cut such a size in Italy in 1834.

(uncountable, printing, dated) pearl (a small size of type, standardized as 5 point)


parentesi angolare

parentesi angolare f (plural parentesi angolari)


esse lunga

The name of the Latin-script letter S/ſ.; long s


calibotipia

From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) (genitive χάλυβος (khálubos)) + -tipia (“-typy”).

the process of printing by embossing a steel plate


sbarretta obliqua

sbarretta obliqua f (plural sbarrette oblique)

(typography) slash, fraction slash, stroke, oblique mark, oblique stroke, oblique dash


parentesi quadra

parentesi quadra f (plural parentesi quadre)


parentesi graffa

parentesi graffa f (plural parentesi graffe)


abbassatura

(typography) Alternative form of sbassatura


sbassatura

(typography) the reduction in height of characters fused together


setolare

it-verb

setolàre (first-person singular present sétolo, first-person singular past historic setolài, past participle setolàto, auxiliary avére)

setolàre (canonical)
sétolo (first-person present singular)
setolài (first-person historic past singular)
setolàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
setolàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
setolàndo (gerund)
setolànte (participle present)
setolàto (participle past)
sétolo (first-person indicative present singular)
sétoli (indicative present second-person singular)
sétola (indicative present singular third-person)
setoliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
setolàte (indicative plural present second-person)
sétolano (indicative plural present third-person)
setolàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
setolàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
setolàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
setolavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
setolavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
setolàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
setolài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
setolàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
setolò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
setolàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
setolàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
setolàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
setolerò (first-person future indicative singular)
setolerài (future indicative second-person singular)
setolerà (future indicative singular third-person)
setolerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
setoleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
setolerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
setolerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
setolerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
setolerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
setolerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
setolerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
setoleréste (conditional plural present second-person)
setolerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
setolerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
sétoli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sétoli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sétoli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
setoliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
setoliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sétolino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
setolàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
setolàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
setolàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
setolàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
setolàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
setolàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sétola (imperative second-person singular)
sétoli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
setoliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
setolàte (imperative plural second-person)
sétolino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
setolàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
sétoli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
setoliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
setolàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sétolino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(printing) to clean (a form) with a wire brush and solvents (to remove the ink)


segno di richiamo

it-noun

segno di richiamo m (plural segni di richiamo)

(typography) a mark on a proof sheet used to indicate a correction


interlineazione

interlineazione f (plural interlineazioni)

From interlineare (“to space out”) + -zione (“-tion”).

af

(rare, typography) the operation of spacing out lines


controguardia

From contro- + guardia. First attested in the 18th century.


retrocopertina

it-noun

retrocopertina f (plural retrocopertine)

From retro- + copertina (“cover”). First attested in 1979.


controcopertina

controcopertina f (plural controcopertine)

From contro- + copertina (“cover”). First attested in 1965.

(printing) Alternative form of retrocopertina


boccame

(typography) a riser stuck to newly-casted types


asta superiore

asta superiore f (plural aste superiori)

(typography) ascender (portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline)


asta inferiore

asta inferiore f (plural aste inferiori)

(typography) descender (portion of a lowercase letter that extends below the midline)