Typing
Visual Typography
Colors
Files Types
Graphical Terms
100

the style, arrangement, and appearance of text



Typography

100

Vertical spacing between of lines of text 

Leading

100

Considered calming; blue, green, violet

Cool Colors

100

An athletic company wants to use the highest quality photograph for their print advertisement. Which files are the best option to use?

JPG

100

Jack would like to apply a stained-glass affect to his photograph. Which image editing technique shoul be used?

Filters

200

The basic design of a character

Typeface

200

Horizontal spacing between all the characters in a
large block of text

Tracking

200

Considered exciting; red, orange, yellow 

Warm Colors

200

An athletic company wants to use an animated graphc on it website. Which file is the best option to use?

GIF

200

A photographer is printing photos for her client. She needs the images to print clearly without pixelation or blurriness. How would the resolution be measured?

DPI

300

• No strokes at the tips of the letters (translates to without serifs)
• Easier to read on digital display

Sans Serif

300

Horizontal spacing between pairs of letters 

Kerning

300

Unify a design; beige, ivory, taupe, black, gray, white

Neutral Colors

300

This format is common for publishing electronic documents and ebooks. Sharing files regardless of available software and is viewable with Acrobat Reader, a free program by Adobe.

PDF

300

A student would like to remove a stranger from the edge of the beach photo. Which image editing technique should be used?

Cropping

400

• Designed strictly to catch the eye
• Should be used sparingly.
• Can be hard to read.
• Used for decoration
• Should never be used in body text

Ornamental

400

The length, width, and depth of an object

Positive Space

400

Any three colors which are side by side on a 12 part color wheel; usually one of the three colors predominates.

Analogous Color Scheme

400

Mary is creating a basic line art graphic. She does not want to save the graphic as a GIF or TIFF file. What file format would be the best alternative?

PNG

400

A student needs to reduce the size of an object in his graphic design project. Which image-editing technique should he use?

Scaling

500

• Use decorative pictures or symbols instead of characters
• Allows the user to use a symbol to convey the message
without importing a graphic
• Example: Webdings
• Can be used for specific purposes such as musical
notation and mathematical symbols



Symbol

500

• Can be any size, shape, texture, pattern or direction
• Can be straight or curved

Lines

500

▫ Uses variations in lightness and saturation of a single color.
▫ Produces a soothing effect
▫ Easy on the eyes; however, can be difficult to highlight important elements

Monochromatic Color Scheme

500

Sarah receives company faxes on her computer. What file format is recommended for fax storage?

TIFF

500

A student would like to add a title to her magazine cover project using graphic editing software. Which image editing technique should she consider using?

Layering