Message- something you are trying to convey with a design
Work Ethic- how much effort you make when designing
Employability skills- the skills you have when going into a job
20/20 Rule- every twenty minutes look away for twenty seconds
Right-To-Know Laws- you have to right to know what is going on around you
Icon-something that is regarded as a symbol
Vector-Based Graphics- images that are not made up with only dots but other objects too.
Specs/Specifications of a Project- the details shown when working on a project
Dialog Box (within an application)- the small area above the screen that provides various
information
Palette (within an application)- layers and tools palette when using illustrator information
Guidelines- rules in which should be followed
Extensions- To extent or to have more time or something
Contextual Menu- the pop up menu
Clipping Mask- something that happens when helping or trying to only show a certain part of your work in a document and want to delete everything else or erase
Hue- The color itself
Primary Colors- Red, Yellow, and Blue
Secondary Colors- When two primary colors are mixed together they make secondary colors such as Orange, Green, and Violet
Tertiary Colors- When two colors secondary and Primary come together.
Neutral Colors- Help to put focus or tone down colors
Continuous Tone Image- An image where all variations of color can be represented; images that have a virtually unlimited range of color or shades of gray.
Resolution- Pixel count in digital imaging
File Size- the actual amount of disk space consumed by a file
Typography- The art of expressing ideas through the selection of appropriate typefaces.
Typeface- Distinctive designs of visual symbols that are used to compose a printed image
Serif- Measures from the top of the ascender to the bottom of the descender
Body Type- type sizes that range from 4 to 12 points
Display Type- Used to draw attention to a message
Reverse Type- Consist of white type on a solid black or darker color background
Point Size- The size the point has to be in order to work within the piece
Ligatures- When two or more gemographs join together to make one glyph
Ampersand- A logogram to represent words such as "and"
Small Caps- Lowercase letters that are all set at the same height
Lowercase- To use during cases when lower letters are needed
Uppercase- To use bigger letters within a word
Flush Left- All the text is alined to the left.
Flush Right- Where text is aligned to the right
Centered- (Very formal) Used for weddings and such.
Justified- Fills up the entire text box from left to right
Lining- Numbers that have a uniform height
Non-Lining- They are not all the same height
Leading- The space in between the lines of type
Margin- The white space around the edges of your document (margin in IN DESIGN) is where you keep the important stuff)
Kerning- adjusting the space in between individual characters
Tracking- Allows you to adjust spaces between characters as a whole paragraph, sentence, line of type..etc.
Concept- An idea; Something formed in ones mind
Final Product- The end result; How we ultimately communicate to our audience
Thumbnail- A quick sketch to get thoughts out of your mind and onto paper
Initial Cap- A larger decorative capital letters at the beginning of text or paragraph
Extensions- To extent or to have more time or something
Contextual Menu- the pop up menu
Clipping Mask- something that happens when helping or trying to only show a certain part of your work in a document and want to delete everything else or erase
Hue- The color itself
Primary Colors- Red, Yellow, and Blue
Secondary Colors- When two primary colors are mixed together they make secondary colors such as Orange, Green, and Violet
Tertiary Colors- When two colors secondary and Primary come together.
Neutral Colors- Help to put focus or tone down colors
Continuous Tone Image- An image where all variations of color can be represented; images that have a virtually unlimited range of color or shades of gray.
Resolution- Pixel count in digital imaging
File Size- the actual amount of disk space consumed by a file
Typography- The art of expressing ideas through the selection of appropriate typefaces.
Typeface- Distinctive designs of visual symbols that are used to compose a printed image
Serif- Measures from the top of the ascender to the bottom of the descender
Body Type- type sizes that range from 4 to 12 points
Display Type- Used to draw attention to a message
Reverse Type- Consist of white type on a solid black or darker color background
Point Size- The size the point has to be in order to work within the piece
Ligatures- When two or more gemographs join together to make one glyph
Ampersand- A logogram to represent words such as "and"
Small Caps- Lowercase letters that are all set at the same height
Lowercase- To use during cases when lower letters are needed
Uppercase- To use bigger letters within a word
Flush Left- All the text is alined to the left.
Flush Right- Where text is aligned to the right
Centered- (Very formal) Used for weddings and such.
Justified- Fills up the entire text box from left to right
Lining- Numbers that have a uniform height
Non-Lining- They are not all the same height
Leading- The space in between the lines of type
Margin- The white space around the edges of your document (margin in IN DESIGN) is where you keep the important stuff)
Kerning- adjusting the space in between individual characters
Tracking- Allows you to adjust spaces between characters as a whole paragraph, sentence, line of type..etc.
Concept- An idea; Something formed in ones mind
Final Product- The end result; How we ultimately communicate to our audience
Thumbnail- A quick sketch to get thoughts out of your mind and onto paper
Initial Cap- A larger decorative capital letters at the beginning of text or paragraph
