surprint en · NOUN
Etymology
From sur- + print.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The printing of text or graphics elements on top of a background that is a different tint of the same color.
To use this chart to decide if type should be surprinted or reversed over a portion of a photograph or in a screened area, find the shade of gray that most closely matches the area and see if the surprint or reverse is more readable.
1985, Judy E. Pickens, The copy-to-press handbook: preparing words and art for print:"Dropout" is obviously the opposite of surprint in that during the process of preparing the plate the "line" shape (type or drawing) is deleted from the halftone or screen film negative of any one color or combination of colors.
1980, Tom Cardamone, Mechanical color separation skills for the commercial artist, page 41:Pictured is a letterhead created by The Vast Agency on a very lightweight stock in which one half of the company's name is printed as a surprint while the other half is reversed out of the flood-coloured back.
2006, Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design, →ISBN, page 240:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| surprints | Number=Plur | lexicographic |