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TYPES OF COMPLEXITY

Types of complex situations (1) Apparent complexity, (2) Detail complexity, (3) Dynamic complexity, (4) Inherent complexity.

TYPESETTING

Composing of a text or display of reading matter into a computer or a physical type for the intended audience, reproduction method and use.

TYPESIZE

Height of a type character in points. A point is 1/12 inch.

TYPESTYLE

Thickness and stroke variations like bold, italics lending flexibility to appearance of type face.

TYPOGRAPHIC COLOR

Apparent blackness of text that results from effects of stroke thickness, width, point size and line space used.

TYPOGRAPHIC WEIGHT

Relative darkness of font characters from thickness of strokes, light, bold, extrabold, etc.

TYPOGRAPHY

Study of design of typefaces and how a page can best be laid out.

U CHART

Chart for quality control where number of events, subgroup changes are noted.

U.S. TREASURY BILL

US government backed debt obligation with a maturity of less than a year. Also known as Till.

UBIQUITOUS

Seeming to be everywhere or existing everywhere; omnipresent.

ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE

Intended shipment recipient that is not the agent or bank where it is consigned to for purpose of delivery.

ULTIMATE LOAD

Load of the absolute maximum a structure can bear without it failing.

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