Elements & Principles of Design
A mark made by a moving point that does not connect.
What is a line?
Illustrator is made of points, lines, shapes, and curves based on a mathematical formula.
What is a vector?
The outline of a shape is called this.
What is a stroke?
Click + ALT + Drag
What is copy?
Black arrow that selects the whole or grouped objects.
What is the selection tool?
The part of the work that stands out, that catches the viewer's attention.
What is emphasis?
This is the native file type for Illustrator.
What is .ai?
The invisible line upon which a line of text rests.
What is baseline?
CTRL + G
What is group?
This tool draws regular, multi-sided shapes (any object with 3 or more straight sides).
What is the polygon tool?
A shape that has length, width, and depth.
What is form?
The place where you put your design is called this.
What is an artboard?
The letter spacing being adjusted between two letters in a piece of text.
What is kerning?
CTRL + R
What is a ruler?
This tool is used to create and modify curved lines and shapes.
What is the pen tool?
The way a viewer's eye moves over a composition.
What is movement?
This tool allows you to combine and erase basic shapes to create a complex shape.
What is the shape-builder tool?
Adjusting the spacing throughout the entire word.
What is tracking?
CTRL + SHIFT + Z
What is Redo?
This tool allows you to move a specific anchor point on a line or shape.
What is the direct selection tool?
These colors cannot be created by mixing colors in the art color wheel.
What are the primary colors?
When saving a specific color click on this box so if you change the color later, it will update all the colors on your design.
What is global?
This tab allows you to create complex shapes by uniting, dividing, excluding...different shapes.
What is Pathfinder?
CTRL + SHIFT + G
What is ungroup?
This type box is better used for body copy.
What is area type box?