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