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DTP: Desktop Publishing
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it-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used to select parts of an object.
Gray space
Collage
Direct selection tool
Resolution of imagesetter
2. Measure of points from top of ascenders to bottom of descenders
Shade
Type size
Transition
Anchor point
3. Used to select the entire object.
Selection tool
Iconic logotype
Proximity
Repetition
4. 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.
Selection tool
Resolution of imagesetter
DTP
Handles
5. This affects the highlights - shadows - and midtones of an image.
Brightness
Iconic logotype
Margin
Halftone frequency for printer
6. 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.
Logo
Input frequency of scanned image
Lettermark logo
Mask
7. The consistent use of important design elements that are echoed - or repeated - in some way throughout the design.
Selection tool
Scanner types
Brightness
Repetition
8. 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
Handles
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Spread
9. The strips of white space around the edge of the paper. Most word processors allow you to specify the widths of margins.
Typography
Margin
Direct selection tool
Mask
10. Common scanner - flat artwork on sheet of glass - scanning mechanism moves under it to capture image - reflective art
Resolution of imagesetter
Flatbed scanner
Lettermark logo
Brightness
11. The extent to which something blocks light. You can change the opacity of layers - filters - and effects so that more (or less) of the underlying image shows through.
Rivers of white space
Opacity
Mask
Margin
12. The area on the page that includes only text.
Repetition
Gray space
Black space
Pixel
13. A picture element - the smallest square of color in an image.
Resolution of computer screen
Rivers of white space
Pixel
Lettermark logo
14. A design for a set of characters (letters - numbers - and punctuation marks)
Type size
Contrast
Scanner types
Typeface
15. 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
Vector graphic
Scanner types
Spread
16. 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
Dingbat font
Resolution of computer screen
Input frequency of scanned image
17. The space within rounded letters such as b and d
Proximity
Stress
Monochromatic
Bowl
18. The horizontal and vertical placement of objects in connection with other objects on a page.
Selection tool
Opacity
Stress
Alignment
19. PPI
Resolution of computer screen
Brandmark symbol logo
Paul brainerd
Tracking
20. Design elements that look different from surrounding features to create visual interest or specific focal points.
Contrast
Typeface
Opacity
Saturation
21. LPI
Repetition
Collage
Handles
Halftone frequency for printer
22. A design that primarily uses stylized text for imagery - no graphics.
Handles
Typography
Wordmark logo
Repetition
23. The design principle stating that you group related items closely together.
Scanner types
Thread
Proximity
Alignment
24. 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.
Gutter
Monochromatic
Rule of thirds
Iconic logotype
25. Using a personal computer and desktop publishing software to combine text and graphics together on a page for publication.
Margin
DTP
Black space
Thread
26. Imaginary lines dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect.
Paul brainerd
Rule of thirds
Handles
Logo
27. Used to be highest quality scans - use photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) instead of CCDs to capture gray lvls
Drum scanners
Resolution of computer screen
Collage
Tint
28. 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.
Brandmark symbol logo
Opacity
Tint
Type size
29. A spot where you begin or end a line segment
Lettermark logo
Handles
Anchor point
Flatbed scanner
30. DPI
Halftone frequency for printer
Font
Repetition
Resolution of imagesetter
31. The area on the page that includes only graphics.
Scanner types
Black space
Monochromatic
Clipart
32. 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
White space
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Layout software
Gutter
33. This is a type of font found in the typeface library that uses small pictures instead of letters. So - in place of an "A" - you might have a circle - or you might have a picture of a smiley face in place of a "c".
Dingbat font
Saturation
Shade
Tracking
34. Flatbed - film scanner - drum scanner
Brightness
Scanner types
Input frequency of scanned image
Bowl
35. Used to reference how light a color is.
Anchor point
Selection tool
Tint
Alignment
36. An imaginary line through the thinnest parts of curved letters
Direct selection tool
Alignment
Transition
Stress
37. The purity of a hue or color.
Collage
Margin
Flatbed scanner
Saturation
38. 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.
Stress
Tracking
Rivers of white space
Margin
39. Transparent art - resolution much higher - deliver better dynamic range - for graphic arts market than general business
Anchor point
Black space
Film scanners
Pixel
40. The design and use of typefaces as a means of visual communication
Direct selection tool
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Brightness
Typography
41. SPI
Input frequency of scanned image
Vector graphic
Shade
Raster graphic
42. 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.
Gutter
Rivers of white space
Proximity
White space
43. A previously made picture or image that can be used on the computer. Also called a graphic
Transition
Clipart
White space
Lettermark logo
44. A feature that hides specific areas so that you can work on the part of the image that is not masked.
Wordmark logo
Mask
Dingbat font
Rule of thirds
45. A collection of assembled images.
Vector graphic
Direct selection tool
Brightness
Collage
46. 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.
Rule of thirds
Logo
Shade
Black space
47. 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.
Anchor point
Raster graphic
Margin
Type size
48. Coined the phrase Desktop Publishing and key producer of Aldus PageMaker.
Layout software
Paul brainerd
Path
Tracking
49. Variation in stroke weight
Input frequency of scanned image
Transition
Proximity
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
50. A specific typeface combines with variations such as size - style spacing.
Thread
Layout software
Logo
Font