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