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Type Hype
100
The name of the space that the user creates the artwork to be used for output. Multiples of these can be on a single document.
What is the artboard?
100
This color mode is a subtractive color model that is printed on surfaces and stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.
What is CMYK?
100
Used to manipulate handles and anchor points.
What is the direct selection tool?
100
Used to select an object or group of objects.
What is the selection tool?
100
This palette allows the font appearance attributes to be edited.
What is the character palette?
200
This is the native/working file format in Illustrator.
What is .ai?
200
This panel applies a smooth transition from one color stop to another as well as modifies the transition.
What is the gradient palette?
200
The type of artwork that Illustrator creates using anchor points and is infinitely-scalable.
What is vector?
200
This tool plots anchor points and can achieve curves by utilizing handles (bezier).
What is the pen tool?
200
The visible spacing between rows of type and is measured from baseline to baseline.
What is leading?
300
This file type is a standard type that any operating system can view and stands for Portable Document File.
What is PDF?
300
This tool samples colors from other objects and raster images.
What is the eyedropper tool?
300
The type of artwork a photograph is because it uses pixels (squares of color).
What is raster?
300
This tool adds varying widths to an already applied stroke of an object.
What is the width tool?
300
The spacing between individual letters.
What is kerning?
400
This file type is used on the web and stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
What is JPG?
400
This tool adjusts the direction and color stops of a gradient but does not apply a gradient to an object.
What is the gradient tool?
400
This allows typography to become a shape with anchor points and can be implemented by using the COMMAND+SHIFT+O shortcut on a mac.
What is creating outlines?
400
This tool places objects in perspective.
What is the perspective grid tool?
400
This functionality is best used for paragraphs of typography which flows within the shape when size is adjusted.
What is an area of type?
500
This allows artwork to be extended past the trim line so that printing and trimming can be consistent.
What is a document bleed?
500
These 2 appearance attributes determine what is inside a color and the color along a path. Multiples of these can be added in the appearance palette.
What are fill and stroke?
500
This panel allows the user to arrange, view and lock art.
What is the layers panel?
500
This tool creates a free-hand line with a stroke applied to it and works in conjunction with the brushes palette.
What is the brush tool?
500
A modern category of fonts that includes fonts such as helvetica and arial.
What are sans-serif fonts?