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DTP: Desktop Publishing
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A collection of assembled images.
Path
Collage
Input frequency of scanned image
Rivers of white space
2. Flatbed - film scanner - drum scanner
Saturation
White space
Scanner types
Iconic logotype
3. 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
Proximity
Typeface
Brightness
4. The design principle stating that you group related items closely together.
Logo
Halftone frequency for printer
Gray space
Proximity
5. A picture element - the smallest square of color in an image.
Direct selection tool
Tint
Film scanners
Pixel
6. 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.
Typography
Rivers of white space
Thread
Opacity
7. 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
Anchor point
Brandmark symbol logo
White space
Resolution of computer screen
8. Used to be highest quality scans - use photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) instead of CCDs to capture gray lvls
Type size
Drum scanners
Spread
Resolution of computer screen
9. The purity of a hue or color.
Anchor point
Mask
Raster graphic
Saturation
10. Used to select parts of an object.
Direct selection tool
Transition
Input frequency of scanned image
Path
11. Using a personal computer and desktop publishing software to combine text and graphics together on a page for publication.
Resolution of computer screen
Collage
Type size
DTP
12. 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.
Drum scanners
Shade
Margin
Anchor point
13. A design that uses abbreviations or initials rather than the full company name.
Lettermark logo
Transition
Handles
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
14. DPI
Resolution of imagesetter
Brightness
Direct selection tool
Logo
15. A graphic image made up of tiny colored squares (pixels) that work together to form an image.
White space
Raster graphic
Gray space
Halftone frequency for printer
16. 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.
Repetition
Rivers of white space
Resolution of imagesetter
Vector graphic
17. The space within rounded letters such as b and d
Wordmark logo
Lettermark logo
Bowl
Gray space
18. 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.
Brandmark symbol logo
Opacity
Selection tool
Vector graphic
19. The area on the page that includes only text.
Brightness
Clipart
Gray space
Shade
20. A design for a set of characters (letters - numbers - and punctuation marks)
Clipart
Gutter
Typeface
Input frequency of scanned image
21. Variation in stroke weight
White space
Transition
Vector graphic
Paul brainerd
22. The design and use of typefaces as a means of visual communication
Paul brainerd
Gray space
Typography
Typeface
23. 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.
Layout software
Shade
Tint
Typeface
24. PPI
Handles
Resolution of computer screen
Anchor point
Vector graphic
25. The strips of white space around the edge of the paper. Most word processors allow you to specify the widths of margins.
Raster graphic
Wordmark logo
Drum scanners
Margin
26. Imaginary lines dividing the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. You place important elements of your composition where these lines intersect.
Transition
Rule of thirds
Tint
Opacity
27. An imaginary line through the thinnest parts of curved letters
Path
Gutter
Rule of thirds
Stress
28. The space between columns in a multiple-column document.
Gutter
Font
Path
Film scanners
29. 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.
Path
Scanner types
Rule of thirds
Raster graphic
30. 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.
Tracking
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Black space
Gray space
31. 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.
Type size
Stress
Iconic logotype
Clipart
32. Used to select the entire object.
Gray space
Film scanners
Selection tool
Pixel
33. Transparent art - resolution much higher - deliver better dynamic range - for graphic arts market than general business
Shade
Film scanners
Tracking
Logo
34. A previously made picture or image that can be used on the computer. Also called a graphic
Clipart
Logo
Input frequency of scanned image
Anchor point
35. SPI
Wordmark logo
Clipart
Input frequency of scanned image
Typeface
36. 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.
Brandmark symbol logo
Handles
Scanner types
Lettermark logo
37. LPI
Halftone frequency for printer
Wordmark logo
Saturation
Contrast
38. Measure of points from top of ascenders to bottom of descenders
Type size
Thread
Lettermark logo
Margin
39. Coined the phrase Desktop Publishing and key producer of Aldus PageMaker.
Gutter
Brandmark symbol logo
Typeface
Paul brainerd
40. The horizontal and vertical placement of objects in connection with other objects on a page.
Proximity
Bowl
Typography
Alignment
41. A specific typeface combines with variations such as size - style spacing.
Font
Raster graphic
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Film scanners
42. 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 -
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Thread
Handles
Resolution of computer screen
43. 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
Film scanners
Black space
Pixel
44. Used to reference how light a color is.
Input frequency of scanned image
Tint
Wordmark logo
Paul brainerd
45. 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".
Scanner types
Gray space
Dingbat font
Path
46. 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
Alignment
Halftone frequency for printer
Layout software
Bowl
47. 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
Wordmark logo
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
Black space
Clipart
48. The area on the page that includes only graphics.
Halftone frequency for printer
Tracking
Black space
Anchor point
49. A spot where you begin or end a line segment
Type size
Handles
Anchor point
Rivers of white space
50. Design elements that look different from surrounding features to create visual interest or specific focal points.
Contrast
Opacity
Spread
Tracking