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Overmatter

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004082

Text that has been typeset but cannot fit into the allocated space on a page or within a publication. This excess material must either be cut, condensed, or carried over to subsequent pages. Managing overmatter is a common task during the layout and design phase of printing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004082
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Übersatz; Spanish: material sobrante; French: surplus de composition
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004082",
  "term": "Overmatter",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Text that has been typeset but cannot fit into the allocated space on a page or within a publication. This excess material must either be cut, condensed, or carried over to subsequent pages. Managing overmatter is a common task during the layout and design phase of printing.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Übersatz",
    "es": "material sobrante",
    "fr": "surplus de composition"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/overmatter/"
}

Record 4,476 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.