Chapter 8 vocabulary
Ascender
How a line of text or a paragraph is positioned in a column flushed left flush right, centered or justified.
Linked graphic
A picture of a drawing created by someone with the intention that the artwork will be used by others.
Bleed
design principle in which the weight of elements is disrupted in a visually appealing way.
Standoff
A digital raster image of visible screen content, a snapshot of a computer screen generated by the operating system of other dedicated software.
Baseline
A typeface used to attract attention to the design of the font as well as to the words.
The part of a letter that extends is above the x-height, as in the letter "f"
Embedded graphic
A graphic appears in a layout at full resolution, with all of it's associated data copied into the layout file.
Layout
An element that extends through a margin and off the edge of a printed page.
Clip art
The space separating an image from text in text wrapping.
En dash
A punctuation symbol that resembles a hyphen but is noticeably longer normally the width of the capital letter M in the font and point size in which it is formatted indicate a break in thought similar to parenthesis.
Font
The imaginary line on which the typeface its.
Screen capture
A graphic that can be moved around on a page independently of text.
White space
A design principle in which certain elements in a design stand out more than others.
Text wrapping
An image produced and sold by a professional for use by the general public.
Alignment
A punctuation symbol that resembles a hyphen but is longer normally the width of a capital N in the font and point size in which it is formatted used in ranges of numbers, letters, or dates.
Em dash
Rounded marks used for quotations and apostrophes.
One that is attached to text and moves with it.
Balance
The white space between columns on a page.
License
A feature that controls how text flows around a graphic or other object in a layout.
Kerning
Within a typeface, a set of characters with a specific style.
Display typeface
The part of a lowercase letter that extends below the baseline, as in the letter "y"
Floating graphic
Master pages
The arrangements on a page of all the key elements without regard to the specific content.
Watermark
A pale image placed on the background of a page and which is often used for logos or other identification.
Curly quotes
Adjusting the space between two characters to improve appearance and readability.