The height of a letter from the baseline to the top of the lowercase letter.
x-height
Gives a sense of weight and flexibility to an object. Shape flexes from movement and force.
The name for the white rectangle where you put your text and artwork in Illustrator.
Artboard
Objects that exist in 3D space have x, y and _______ coordinates
Z
Hue is another word for this element of design.
Color
The part of a letter that hangs down below the baseline
Descender
Directs the audience’s attention to an area of greatest importance.
Staging
Adobe Illustrator is this kind of drawing program.
Vector
Colors and textures that can be applied to assets in 3D software
Materials
This element of design refers to the area around, above, below, or behind an object.
Space
The part of a letter that sticks up above the x-height.
Ascender
Drawing each frame from beginning to end
Straight Ahead
Selection Tool
The polygon skeleton of a 3D shape in modeling software
Mesh
This element refers to the relative lightness or darkness of an object.
Value
Type is typically measured in these increments.
Points
Adding extras to a drawing to emphasize character traits
Exaggeration
Pen tool
When you take one face of a 2D object and stretch it into 3D
Extrusion
This element describes the way a surface feels, or the way it’s perceived to feel
Texture
Type relationship when you use two VERY different fonts.
Contrast
Having traits that viewers can relate to
The shortcut for the Live Paint paint bucket
K
Name three different materials that 3D printers can use.
Food, Cells, Cement, Plastic, Carbon Fiber, etc.
This element refers to something three dimensional, and there are two types: geometric (man-made) and natural (organic).
Form