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Greeking

//ˈɡɹiːkɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nonsense text or graphics inserted into a document as a placeholder to create a dummy layout, or to demonstrate a type font; the practice of using such placeholder text or graphics. uncountable

    "If text gets smaller than this value, [Adobe] Illustrator shows the text blocks as gray bars, an operation called greeking. Both type size and view size figure into the equation, so that 6-point type greeks at 100-percent view size and 12-point type greeks at 50 percent. Greeking speeds the screen display because gray bars are easier to draw than individual characters."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of greek. form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of Greek form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From greek + -ing.

Etymology 2

From greek + -ing.

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