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DTP: Desktop Publishing
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used to be highest quality scans - use photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) instead of CCDs to capture gray lvls
Wordmark logo
Handles
Proximity
Drum scanners
2. A set of pages viewed together - such as the two pages visible whenever you open a book or magazine. Every InDesign spread includes its own pasteboard - which is an area outside a page where you can store objects that aren't yet positioned on a page.
Spread
Shade
Wordmark logo
White space
3. Transparent art - resolution much higher - deliver better dynamic range - for graphic arts market than general business
Tint
Proximity
Gray space
Film scanners
4. The area on the page that includes only graphics.
Paul brainerd
White space
Dingbat font
Black space
5. Tracking is the process of loosening or tightening a block of text. Kerning is the process of adding or subtracting space between specific pairs of characters.
Wordmark logo
Contrast
Tracking
Spread
6. Imaginary lines dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect.
Rule of thirds
Font
Wordmark logo
Gray space
7. Common scanner - flat artwork on sheet of glass - scanning mechanism moves under it to capture image - reflective art
Resolution of computer screen
Iconic logotype
Flatbed scanner
Anchor point
8. The consistent use of important design elements that are echoed - or repeated - in some way throughout the design.
Thread
Handles
Repetition
Wordmark logo
9. A path consists of the general outline of an object. Paths can be open or closed and can be made up of a combination of straight and curved segments.
Lettermark logo
Resolution of computer screen
Resolution of imagesetter
Path
10. A design that uses a graphical symbol and the company name rendered in stylized type. This is probably the most widely used type of logo.
DTP
Contrast
Iconic logotype
Shade
11. A single hue in a color palette that is expanded upon by adding two - three - or more tints (variations in lightness and saturation) of that color - to create a more balanced look. In desktop publishing using monochromatic colors is a technique used
Monochromatic
Tracking
Film scanners
Thread
12. Lines of white space that can run through a selection of text. They are generally caused by the use of justified text alignment and result when words are spaced out far enough to cause these noticeable gaps.
DTP
Type size
Rivers of white space
Contrast
13. The text in a frame can be independent of other frames - or it can flow between connected frames. To flow text between connected frames (also called text boxes) - you must first connect the frames. Connected frames can be on the same page or spread -
Thread
Dingbat font
Black space
Opacity
14. Used to reference how light a color is.
Tint
Thread
Transition
Dingbat font
15. PPI
Path
Rivers of white space
Anchor point
Resolution of computer screen
16. A graphic image made up of tiny colored squares (pixels) that work together to form an image.
Shade
Anchor point
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Raster graphic
17. The absence of text; the absence of images. White space is emptiness. It is negative space. But it's not wasted space. White space provides visual breathing room for the eye. It breaks up text and graphics. Add white space to make a page less cramped
Scanner types
Shade
Mask
White space
18. An image composed of text and/or graphics used to identify a business or product. It is used so that the public will remember the company or product easily each time they see it.
Anchor point
Logo
Spread
Bowl
19. Measure of points from top of ascenders to bottom of descenders
Type size
Spread
Iconic logotype
Collage
20. The area on the page that includes only text.
Anchor point
Alignment
Rule of thirds
Gray space
21. A spot where you begin or end a line segment
Dingbat font
Anchor point
Alignment
Spread
22. Lines extending from an anchor point; using the Direct Selection tool (hollow arrow) to push or pull the handles will change the shape of the curve.
Handles
Drum scanners
Monochromatic
Wordmark logo
23. A feature that hides specific areas so that you can work on the part of the image that is not masked.
Gray space
Film scanners
Mask
Repetition
24. The space within rounded letters such as b and d
Rule of thirds
Dingbat font
Bowl
Input frequency of scanned image
25. The strips of white space around the edge of the paper. Most word processors allow you to specify the widths of margins.
Alignment
Lettermark logo
Input frequency of scanned image
Margin
26. Design elements that look different from surrounding features to create visual interest or specific focal points.
Anchor point
Contrast
Logo
Gutter
27. The space between columns in a multiple-column document.
Direct selection tool
Spread
Gutter
Clipart
28. Flatbed - film scanner - drum scanner
Spread
Contrast
Path
Scanner types
29. Using a personal computer and desktop publishing software to combine text and graphics together on a page for publication.
Handles
DTP
Halftone frequency for printer
White space
30. Used to reference how dark the color is. For example - hunter is a shade of green. Shades are derived from a combination of hue and black.
Shade
Stress
Logo
Font
31. DPI
Vector graphic
Repetition
Bowl
Resolution of imagesetter
32. LPI
Halftone frequency for printer
Pixel
Rule of thirds
Dingbat font
33. A collection of assembled images.
Vector graphic
Collage
Font
Lettermark logo
34. An imaginary line through the thinnest parts of curved letters
Raster graphic
Stress
Font
DTP
35. Variation in stroke weight
Vector graphic
Transition
Saturation
Rule of thirds
36. The horizontal and vertical placement of objects in connection with other objects on a page.
Flatbed scanner
Alignment
Pixel
Iconic logotype
37. Coined the phrase Desktop Publishing and key producer of Aldus PageMaker.
Paul brainerd
Collage
Font
Brandmark symbol logo
38. The purity of a hue or color.
Halftone frequency for printer
Saturation
Transition
Drum scanners
39. Software that is designed specifically for easily manipulating text and graphics together on a page; some examples of layout software are Microsoft Publisher - PageMaker - and InDesign
Layout software
Paul brainerd
Rule of thirds
Typeface
40. The design principle stating that you group related items closely together.
Anchor point
Proximity
Alignment
Paul brainerd
41. Each time you click when using a selection tool or the pen tool an anchor point is created; each point is the beginning of a new line segment.
Spread
Shade
Anchor point
Font
42. A design that uses abbreviations or initials rather than the full company name.
Paul brainerd
Selection tool
Gray space
Lettermark logo
43. This affects the highlights - shadows - and midtones of an image.
Brightness
Saturation
Stress
Thread
44. SPI
Proximity
Mask
Input frequency of scanned image
Drum scanners
45. Allows a user to be able to see on a monitor exactly how the text and graphics will appear on the page before printing the final copy
Tint
Proximity
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Saturation
46. A previously made picture or image that can be used on the computer. Also called a graphic
Clipart
Margin
Dingbat font
Contrast
47. A specific typeface combines with variations such as size - style spacing.
Flatbed scanner
Brandmark symbol logo
Raster graphic
Font
48. Used to select the entire object.
Spread
Selection tool
Gutter
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
49. A design that relies on graphics only (no text) to convey the identity of the company. Brandmark symbol logos are generally the most difficult logos to imprint within the minds of customers.
Anchor point
Mask
Monochromatic
Brandmark symbol logo
50. The use of geometrical objects such as points - lines - curves - and shapes or polygon(s) - which are all based on mathematical expressions - to represent images in computer graphics.
Lettermark logo
Transition
Alignment
Vector graphic