Photoshop
Illustrator
Typography
Alignment
Design Principles
100

This tool is used to copy pixels from one area of an image to another to remove imperfections.

Clone Stamp tool

100

This type of graphic is made of paths and can be resized without losing quality

vector

100

This type of font has small decorative strokes or "feet"  at the ends of letters

Serif

100

These are non-printing blue lines used to help line up objects accurately.

Guides

100

This principle makes a design feel visually stable and even. 

Balance

200

This allows you to hide parts of a layer without deleting them. Black Revels - White Hides 

Layer Mask

200

This type of pen tool allows you to create smooth curves and straight lines when pressing ALT 

Curvature Pen Tool

200

This type of font does not have decorative strokes and feels more modern.

Sans Serif

200

This alignment evenly spaces text between both the left and right margins

Justified

200

This principle uses differences in color, size, or shape to make elements stand out.

Contrast 

300

This feature - and there are many tools for this - is used to isolate part of an image so you can edit only that area. Like removing a background. 

Selections

300

These two controls determine the color inside a shape and the outline of a shape

Fill and Stroke

300

This type of textbox is used for paragraphs and flows inside a text box.

Area Type

300

You click here to "pull guides" in Illustrator

In Ruler

300

This principle guides the viewer’s eye through the design

Movement

400

This tool - at the bottom of the Layers panel -  is used to adjust color, brightness, or contrast without changing the original image.

Adjustment Layer

400

This basic shape is used to create a triangle in Illustrator

Polygon Tool

400

This typography term refers to the space between lines of text.

Leading

400

This tool helps line up objects evenly and precisely on the artboard.

Align Tool

400

This principle means leaving space so a design does not feel crowded

White Space?

500

This controls the stacking order of images, text, and effects on your artboard.

Layers

500

This Pathfinder option removes the front shape from the shape behind it.

Minus Front

500

This typography term refers to the space between individual letters.

Kerning

500

Consistent alignment and makes this easier for the this for the viewer.

readability

500

This principle repeats elements to create consistency and unity.

What is Repetition?