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Imposition

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

The arrangement of pages on a printing sheet before it is folded and bound. It ensures pages appear in the correct order.

Detailed Definition
Imposition is the planning and placement of pages on a press sheet so that, after printing, folding, trimming, and binding, they read in the intended sequence. A poem may appear upside down or far from its neighboring page on the flat sheet, yet emerge correctly in the finished book. Poetry printers must consider imposition alongside page breaks, facing-page relationships, illustrations, and blank pages, since these features can affect how a sequence is encountered.
Example
Example in poetry:
Imposition is the planning of how pages are arranged on a printing sheet so they appear in the correct order after folding and trimming; For a sixteen-page poetry chapbook, imposition may place page 16 beside page 1 on the same side of a sheet; A poet making a handmade booklet must check imposition before printing or the pages may emerge out of sequence; Blank pages can be included in an imposition plan so that a poem begins on a right-hand page
Additional Notes
Imposition places pages in a seemingly unusual order on a large sheet so that folding produces the correct reading sequence. It is essential when preparing signatures for book printing.
Also Known As
Page Imposition
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