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Folio

Printing
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A book format made by folding a printed sheet once. Each sheet produces two leaves, or four pages.

Detailed Definition
In folio printing, a large sheet is folded once down the middle, creating a substantial page size suited to display, illustration, or ceremonial publication. Poetry books in folio format may use the generous page to give long lines, visual poems, or sparse lyric sequences ample space. The term can describe both the physical format and a volume produced in that format, especially in historical bibliography and rare-book cataloguing.
Example
Example in poetry:
A folio is a large book format made by folding each printed sheet once, creating two leaves or four pages; William Blake printed and colored many copies of Songs of Innocence and of Experience in folio-sized formats; A poet designing a folio edition may use the broad pages for long lines, illustrations, and generous white space; An archival library may describe an early poetry volume as a folio to identify its physical size and construction
Additional Notes
Folio describes both a folding method and the resulting large page size. Because each sheet becomes two leaves, folio books are often associated with prestigious or oversized editions.
Also Known As
In-Folio Folio Format Feuillet
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