Terminology
Canva
Terminology II
Elements
100

The art of making written language legible and appealing...

Typography

100

Once in a template, where do you go to access images or graphics that YOU have brought into Canva...

Uploads

100

A font style with additional strokes coming off the main strokes.

Serif

100

This element of design can be tactile or visual. Can be used to create pattern, rhythm, contrast, and emphasize areas.

Texture

200

The planned construction of something...

Design

200

This is where you go to access different templates once in a project...

design

200

Typeface that includes extra flourishes or styles that break out of a traditional style font.

Decorative

200

Can be thick, thin, solid, broken, curved, diagonal. Can help divide a space, emphasize a focal point, add pattern and texture.

Line

300

One of the eight elements of design. Used to decorate objects, create emphasis and add tone to a design

Color

300

After selecting multiple text or images at the same time, you can click on this option to make them one image and tie them together...

Group

300

The vertical lines in a letter are referred to as...

Stems

300

Include geometric, organic, actual and implied. Used in the physical design of objects as well as to enhance design in print media such as billboards, magazines, or digital design.

Form

400

A font style that only has the main strokes to create the letters...

Sans Serif

400

This is where you go to access images and graphics premade in Canva...

Elements

400

Where the top of the letter sits for the majority of capital letters is called the.....

capline

400

Defined by boundaries such as line and color. Can create pattern, interest, define space, control the viewer’s eye, emphasize the focal point, and organize information.

Shape

500

A branch of philosophy that deals with the interpretation of beauty...

Aesthetic

500

Clicking this button allows you to arrange or change the order that the layers of a project appear in. Like moving an image from the background to the foreground.

Postition

500

Any lines used to create a letter are referred to as....

Strokes

500

BONUS QUESTION: The outward appearance of a company/person to others. This includes logo, trademarks, name, communication, visual appearance, and more. 

Brand Identity