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A dashed line outside the trim, showing where a sheet is folded.
Also known as: Folding guide, Score mark, Crease mark
A fold mark is a dashed or dotted line printed outside the trimmed area showing the finisher where a sheet is to be folded. Where a piece has more than one fold, the marks distinguish direction: a valley fold closes the printed face inward and a mountain fold closes it outward, and a roll fold, a concertina and a gate fold are three different arrangements of the same number of panels. Getting the direction wrong ruins the whole run rather than one sheet.
Shows where a sheet is to be folded, drawn as a broken line outside the trimmed area so it is cut away in finishing.
Contexts: News, Technical drawing
Distinguishes the direction of the fold where a piece has more than one, because a roll fold, a concertina and a gate fold use the same number of panels folded differently — and a wrong direction ruins the run rather than a sheet.
Contexts: News, Technical drawing
A short line of evenly spaced dashes running perpendicular to the sheet edge, set in the margin beyond the trim line.
Both are finishing instructions printed in the waste margin.