Q and R

Quad
In metal type, pieces of type metal shorter than type-high, which are used as spacing matter to separate elements and fill out lines.


Quoins
Wedges use to lock up metal type in the chase. These devices are tightened and loosened by a quoin key.


Ragged
Lines of type set with equal interword spacing, resulting in irregular line lengths

R.A.M.
Abbreviation for random access memory, the area of a computer’s memory that temporarily stores applications and documents while they are being used.


RAM cache
An area of the computer’s memory set aside to hold information from a disk until it is needed again. It can be accessed much more quickly from a RAM cache than from a disk.


Raster display
A raster image is divided into scan lines, each consisting of a series of dots from a thin section of the final image. This dot pattern corresponds exactly to a bit pattern in the computer memory


Raster image file format (RIFF)
A file format for paint-style color graphics, developed by Letraset USA.


Raster image processor (RIP)
A device or program that translates an image or page into the actual pattern of dots received by a printing or display system.


Raster scan
The generation of an image upon a cathode ray tube made by refreshing the display area line by line.


Recto
In publication design, the right-hand page. Page one (and all odd-numbered pages) always appears on a recto. The left-hand page is called the verso.



Resolution
The degree of detail and clarity of a display; usually specified in dots per inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, or the greater the number of dpi, the sharper the image.


Reverse
Type or image that is dropped out of a printed area, revealing the paper surface.

Reverse leading
A reduction in the amount of interline space, making it less than normal for the point size. For example, 12-point type set on an 11- point body size becomes reverse leading of 1 point.


Revival
A little-used historic typeface previously unavailable in current font formats, now released for contemporary technology.


RIFF
Raster Image File Format.


River
In text type, a series of interword spaces that accidentally align vertically or diagonally, creating an objectionable flow of white space within the column.



ROM
Abbreviation for read only memory, which is permanently installed on a computer chip and can be read but cannot accept new or changed data; for example, some laser printers have basic fonts permanently installed in a ROM chip.


Roman
Upright letterforms, as distinguished from italics. More specifically, letters in an alphabet style based on the upright serifed letterforms of Roman inscriptions.



Rule
In handset metal type, a strip of metal that prints as a line. Generally, any line used as an element in typographic design, whether handset, photographic, digital, or hand-drawn.


Run-around
Type that is set with a shortened line measure to fit around a photograph, drawing, or other visual element inserted into the running text.


Run in
To set type without a paragraph indentation or other break. Also, to insert additional matter into the running text as part of an existing paragraph.