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Carol Kubicki
Carol Kubicki is a travel
writer with a blue campervan,
specialising in writing about UK
and mainland Europe touring;
always fi nding opportunities
for walking or cycling along the
way, Carol’s writing often has
a historical or literary theme.
Although born in Staff ordshire,
having lived in Lancashire for
the biggest chunk of her life,
Carol has adopted this wonderful
county as home. Since 2011 Carol
Stefan Durkacz
Stefan is an Edinburgh-based
writer and photographer with
many years of hillwalking
and backpacking experience,
especially in the Scottish
Highlands. Many years living in
London also helped him develop
a love of chalk downs, ancient
woodlands, heath, salt marshes,
and urban green spaces, planned
and accidental.
Since returning to Scotland
in 2015, Stefan has redoubled his
explorations of the Highlands.
His current obsession is with
the ancient routes across the
Mounth, and their people and
Jargon unjargoned
Perplexed by jargon when talking
to printers or publishers? Here’s a
short cut-out-and-keep guide to
some of the more common terms
you may encounter...
Coated paper
Free sheet
A paper free from wood pulp
impurities, potentially making it
more archival.
Perfect binding
Paper with a mineral coating
applied after manufacture to
create a smoother fi nish. A process used to bind books
or magazines using a fl exible
adhesive rather than metal staples.
Colour gamut PostScript
The full range of colours a specifi c
device - such as computer monitor
- or paper stock can reproduce.
EPS
formatting information between
PostScript-enabled applications.
Short for Encapsulated Post
Script. An industry-standard fi le
format used to accurately transfer
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A page formatting description
language developed by Adobe.
The language translates the
page layout information of a
text or design fi le into the form
a compatible device, such as a
printer, can use to produce its
output.
has been a regular contributor to
the motorhome magazine MMM
and more recently for Campervan
Magazine. In 2018 Carol was
lucky to win the Douglas King
Award for written journalism
from the Caravan Writers Guild.
In addition Carol writes two
blogs; one focuses on life as a
travel writer and campervan
owner, the second travels the UK
one memorial bench at a time.
history. Closer to home, local
favourites include the Pentland
Hills, where he’s a volunteer
ranger, and the glorious
coastline of East Lothian. He’s
married with two daughters and
enjoying the challenges and joys
of initiating them into the great
outdoors. He’s also recently
acquired an allotment.
Stefan’s writing and
photographs have appeared
in UK Hillwalking, The Great
Outdoors and Outdoor Enthusiast.
He’s currently working on his
fi rst guidebook in collaboration
with two other authors.
Rich black
A deeper, darker black than
‘standard’ black created in CMYK
printing by adding other colours. A
typical CMYK value for rich black
is 30% Cyan, 20% Magenta, 20%
Yellow and 100% Black.
Running head
The title at the top of all the pages
of a chapter or entire book.
UP
A description of how many smaller
pages or designs can be printed on
one large sheet - two up would be
two pages, four up would be four
and so on.
Web press
A type of commercial printing
press that uses continuous rolls of
paper, rather than separate sheets.