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