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Vellum - the treated skin of a calf used as a writing material. The name is also used to describe a thick creamy book paper.

Ventura Publisher - the desktop publishing package marketed by Xerox. The Ventura approach is a document- oriented one working on the basis that each page will have a similar format. The package with its lends itself to the production of manuals and directories.

Verso - The left-hand page of an open book.

Vertical justification - the ability to adjust the interline spacing (leading) and manipulation of text in fine increments to make columns and pages end at the same point on a page.

Vignette - an illustration or photograph in which the background gradually fades away until it blends in with the unprinted paper.