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A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. [1] Historically in Europe, broadsides were used as posters, announcing events or proclamations, giving political views, commentary in the form of ballads, or simply advertisements. In Japan, chromoxylographic broadsheets featuring artistic prints were common.
Posters may be used for many purposes. They are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians, and films), propagandists, protestors, and other groups trying to communicate a message. Posters are also used for reproductions of artwork, particularly famous works, and are generally low-cost compared to the original artwork.
Flyers have been used in armed conflict: for example, airborne leaflet propaganda has been a tactic of psychological warfare. Recruit members for organizations or companies. Like postcards, pamphlets and small posters, flyers are a low-cost form of mass marketing or communication. There are many different flyer formats. Some examples include:
Different items of stationery used at an office Inside a stationery shop in Hanoi. Stationery refers to writing materials, including cut paper, envelopes, continuous form paper, and other office supplies. [1] Stationery usually specifies materials to be written on by hand (e.g., letter paper) or by equipment such as computer printers.
Such colophons might identify the book's designer, the software used, the printing method, the printing company, the typeface(s) used in the page design and the kind of ink, paper, and its cotton content. [16] Book publishers Alfred A. Knopf, the Folio Society and O'Reilly Media are notable for their substantial colophons. [citation needed]
When the book has a soft or hard cover with dust jacket, the cover yields all or part of its informational function to the dust jacket. On the inside of the cover page, extending to the facing page is the front endpaper sometimes referred as FEP. The free half of the end paper is called a flyleaf. Traditionally, in hand-bound books, the ...
The paper passes between the blanket cylinder and a counter-pressure or impression cylinder and the image is transferred to the paper. Because the image is first transferred, or offset to the rubber blanket cylinder, this reproduction method is known as offset lithography or offset printing .
Wood type in close-up. In letterpress printing, wood type is movable type made out of wood.First used in China for printing body text, wood type became popular during the nineteenth century for making large display typefaces for printing posters, because it was lighter and cheaper than large sizes of metal type.