The Design Process
Terminology
Within the Workspace
Nitty Gritty
Potpourri
100

The intended audience or readership of a publication, advertisement, or other designed message.

What is a Target Market/Target Audience?

100

A drawing that does not pixelate no matter its size. 

What is a Vector?

100

This is where the active fill and stroke colors all always located. 

What is the Toolbar?

100

To change the color of a brush or the pencil tool, this should be changed. 

What is the Stroke?

100

This setting can help all or part of a design fade into the background. It can be used, for example to create more contrast and clarity between the background design and text on a flyer. 

What is Opacity?

200

This part of an Illustrator document needs to be chosen carefully when designing for an audience with accessibility issues. 

What is typography/text?

200

The main point of a design, or the center of interest. 

What is the Focal Point?

200

This feature allows a shape to hide parts of other artwork so that only the part within the shape is visible?

What is a Clipping Mask?

200

This is the best resolution for printed documents. 

What is 300 ppi ?

200

This is the tool used when one wants to type along a curved line.

What is the Type on a Path Tool?

300

Unauthorized change or expansion to a project.

What is scope creep?

300

This type of font has a decorative stroke that finishes off the end of a letters stem (sometimes also called the “feet” of the letters.

What are Serif fonts?

Follow Up: Which family of fonts is best for web or screen-based documents and designs? (Hint - its the opposite of the above answer)


300

You need to send a finalized deliverable to a client, but you used a font your client does not have installed on their computer. This TYPE function will ensure that the text opens and displays properly on the client's computer. 

What is Create Outlines?

300
This symbol tells you that a text box has text overflow.

What is a red plus sign?

300
This tool is used to trim excess parts of paths.

What is the eraser tool?

400

This 2-word phrase describes creative work that can be used without permission because it is owned by the public and not an individual.

What is Public Domain?

400

The spacing between two characters.

What is Kerning?

400

This Pathfinder panel option cuts out the area of the component from the underlying geometry. 

What is Minus Front?

400
This is considered the best way to access and edit an object that is part of a group.

What is isolating the object?

400

To select multiple objects or groups of objects, use the Selection Tool and click each item while you hold down this key.

What is Shift?

500

A specific permission which allows for usage of someone's image or likeness in a project is known as this. 

 (Hint: To take/use a picture of Gigi Hadid, you may need one of these)

What is a Model Release?

500
This is the 5-letter term for the full spectrum of visible colors.


What is the Gamut?

500
This action consolidates different layers into a single layer. 

What is Merging?

500

These two panels can be used to change the weight of the stroke. 

What are Stroke and Appearance?

500

This tool allows you to select object of the same stroke weight or objects of the same color.

What is the Magic Wand Tool?

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