Artist book terminology is very fluid; this list is meant to provide clarity around these terms when researching the Maret collections. Below is a list of just a handful of common terminology related to the Maret Archive, as well as titles in the Maret Artist Book and the Maret Press Collections. All definitions are from the Opening Artists' Book (OAB) External.

Accordion:
A series of alternating folds that creates three or more panels.

Broadside:
Large sheet of paper printed on one side. In form, broadsides and posters are similar, but in content and historical context, much different. Broadsides were mostly text: largely proclamations and news, before newspapers existed. Posters are for advertisement and decoration - a more modern usage. Their function is to make a strong impression from a distance and thus are often dominated by image. Usually one sided, but not exclusively.

Colophon:
Inscription in the back of a book containing publishing information, which may include typeface, type of paper, employed techniques, and individuals involved in the production of the edition. The content may take on an explanatory or conceptual tone.

Coptic Binding:
Along the spine sewing pattern using link stitches to join sections. The covers, typically made of light board or duplexed materials, are sewn to the textblock as part of the binding process at a single hole per station. Uses one needle and usually has exposed sewing.

Folio:
Single sheet, folded once into two, identically-sized leaves. May be single or in a gathering; bound or unbound. Also refers to the size of a book made of large folios.

Intaglio Print:
Print produced from a plate with a design or image formed from incised lines or recessed areas that hold ink. The printmaker inks and wipes the plate, thereby forcing the ink into the low areas and removing the ink from the surface of the plate. The print is usually made by placing a dampened sheet of paper on top of the plate and then applying pressure in an etching press with the use of three felt blankets: the sizing catcher, the cushion, and the pusher.

Letterpress Print:
Print made on a letterpress using a relief matrix such as metal or wood movable type, photoengraving, linocut, photopolymer plate, wood engraving, etc. A letterpress print might also utilize pressure printing External.

Linocut:
Relief print made using linoleum as the relief surface.

Monoprint:
Approach to printmaking that only allows a single print to be pulled from a single matrix External. Successive prints from the same matrix would not be identical, and thus the edition would be varied or considered a series.

Photopolymer Print:
Print made from a matrix of light-sensitive polymer, that is exposed using a negative for relief printing or a positive for intaglio printing.