Message- any information that is conveyed by an image, piece of music, or reading passage.
Work ethic- A set of characteristics you follow while doing work. Examples of traits you can set as your work ethic are:
- Responsibility for your actions and thoughts.
- Listening to others' ideas.
- Organization.
- Meeting deadlines.
- Good attitude.
- Time management.
- Honesty and integrity.
Employability skills- Skills that an employer looks for while they're interviewing you. Examples include:
- Commitment
- Skills needed to gain employment and progress within an enterprise.
- Being able to contribute to the company.
- Keep up with times.
20/20 Rule- The idea that you should look twenty feet away for twenty seconds every twenty minutes.
Right-To-Know Laws- Laws which require your employer to inform you about any safety hazards in your workplace.
Icon- An graphic that uses abstract elements in order to represent a certain subject, such as comedy, film, or restaurants.
Vector-based Graphics- Type of image that utilizes points, lines, and shapes instead of pixels.
Specs/ Specifications of a project- Guidelines which must be followed while working on a project.
Dialog Box- A box on the window screen that displays information for a project and can be used to alter aspects of the work.
Palette- A window or toolbar which offers options and tasks in a computer application.
Guidelines- Rules and restrictions that must be followed while performing an assignment.
Extensions- a set of letters preceded by a dot that comes after any file name. (Ex: Extension for Adobe Illustrator is '.ai'.)
Contextual Menu- A menu that shows up on a computer screen when operation like right click is used.
Clipping Mask- A feature that allows only a certain portion of a design to be visible in an Illustrator document.
Hue- An actual color
Primary colors- the three main colors from which all other colors come. They are red, blue, and yellow.
Secondary colors- Colors that come from mixing two primary colors together. They are green, violet, and orange.
Tertiary colors- Colors that come from mixing a primary color and a secondary color. They are blue-green, yellow-green, red-violet, blue-violet, red-orange, and yellow-orange.
Neutral colors- Colors of low saturation/ brightness that can be made by mixing together complementary colors.
Continuous tone image- An image where all variations of color can be represented. Images that have a virtually unlimited range of colors or shades of grey.
Resolution- The amount of pixels within an image which helps determine the size and quality of the image.
File size- The actual amount of disc space taken up by the file. The file size increases along with the resolution.
Typography- The art of expressing ideas through the selection of appropriate typefaces.
Typeface- A distinctive design of visual symbols that can be used in a printed image or design.
Serif- A smaller line used to finish off the main stroke of a character.
Body type- Type sizes that can range from 4 pt to 12 pt. These sizes are used in large bodies of text.
Display type- Type sizes above 12 pt that highlight a message (ex. headlines, subheadings).
Reverse type- White type used on a solid black or darker color background. It can be used to attract attention.
Point size- The size of the typeface, measured from the top of the typeface to the bottom of the typeface.
Ligatures- A structure when two identical letters seem to be combine together.
Ampersand- They symbol used to represent 'and' (&).
Small caps- Uppercase letters that are smaller than regular capitals and are about the same size as regular lowercase letters.
Lowercase- The non-capital letters in writing.
Uppercase- The capital letters in writing that are used for titles, names, and sentence beginnings.
Flush left- All text is aligned to the left.
Flush right- All text is aligned to the right.
Center- All text is centered.
Justified- Everything is aligned on left and right, except for the last line of the paragraph.
Small caps- Capital letters that align at the waist line.
Semibold- Partly bold
Lining- Horizontal and uniform
No lining- Not uniform
Typeface faking- Can be done by slanting, inflating, or shrinking letters.
Leading- The space in between lines of type.
Margins- The extra white space on the top, bottom, and sides of the page.
Kerning- Allows one to manipulate the space between individual characters.
Tracking- Allows one to adjust the spacing between letters in an overall paragraph/ body text
Concept- Something formed in one's mind.
Final product- The end result that must be developed from a concept.
Thumbnail- A quick sketch to get your thoughts out of your head and onto paper.
Initial cap- Larger decorative capital letter at the beginning of text/paragraph.
Combination mark- Graphics with both text and symbol/icon. Signified brand image you wish to project. The text and the art are supposed to work with each other.
Right-To-Know Laws- Laws which require your employer to inform you about any safety hazards in your workplace.
Icon- An graphic that uses abstract elements in order to represent a certain subject, such as comedy, film, or restaurants.
Vector-based Graphics- Type of image that utilizes points, lines, and shapes instead of pixels.
Specs/ Specifications of a project- Guidelines which must be followed while working on a project.
Dialog Box- A box on the window screen that displays information for a project and can be used to alter aspects of the work.
Palette- A window or toolbar which offers options and tasks in a computer application.
Guidelines- Rules and restrictions that must be followed while performing an assignment.
Extensions- a set of letters preceded by a dot that comes after any file name. (Ex: Extension for Adobe Illustrator is '.ai'.)
Contextual Menu- A menu that shows up on a computer screen when operation like right click is used.
Clipping Mask- A feature that allows only a certain portion of a design to be visible in an Illustrator document.
Hue- An actual color
Primary colors- the three main colors from which all other colors come. They are red, blue, and yellow.
Secondary colors- Colors that come from mixing two primary colors together. They are green, violet, and orange.
Tertiary colors- Colors that come from mixing a primary color and a secondary color. They are blue-green, yellow-green, red-violet, blue-violet, red-orange, and yellow-orange.
Neutral colors- Colors of low saturation/ brightness that can be made by mixing together complementary colors.
Continuous tone image- An image where all variations of color can be represented. Images that have a virtually unlimited range of colors or shades of grey.
Resolution- The amount of pixels within an image which helps determine the size and quality of the image.
File size- The actual amount of disc space taken up by the file. The file size increases along with the resolution.
Typography- The art of expressing ideas through the selection of appropriate typefaces.
Typeface- A distinctive design of visual symbols that can be used in a printed image or design.
Serif- A smaller line used to finish off the main stroke of a character.
Body type- Type sizes that can range from 4 pt to 12 pt. These sizes are used in large bodies of text.
Display type- Type sizes above 12 pt that highlight a message (ex. headlines, subheadings).
Reverse type- White type used on a solid black or darker color background. It can be used to attract attention.
Point size- The size of the typeface, measured from the top of the typeface to the bottom of the typeface.
Ligatures- A structure when two identical letters seem to be combine together.
Ampersand- They symbol used to represent 'and' (&).
Small caps- Uppercase letters that are smaller than regular capitals and are about the same size as regular lowercase letters.
Lowercase- The non-capital letters in writing.
Uppercase- The capital letters in writing that are used for titles, names, and sentence beginnings.
Flush left- All text is aligned to the left.
Flush right- All text is aligned to the right.
Center- All text is centered.
Justified- Everything is aligned on left and right, except for the last line of the paragraph.
Small caps- Capital letters that align at the waist line.
Semibold- Partly bold
Lining- Horizontal and uniform
No lining- Not uniform
Typeface faking- Can be done by slanting, inflating, or shrinking letters.
Leading- The space in between lines of type.
Margins- The extra white space on the top, bottom, and sides of the page.
Kerning- Allows one to manipulate the space between individual characters.
Tracking- Allows one to adjust the spacing between letters in an overall paragraph/ body text
Concept- Something formed in one's mind.
Final product- The end result that must be developed from a concept.
Thumbnail- A quick sketch to get your thoughts out of your head and onto paper.
Initial cap- Larger decorative capital letter at the beginning of text/paragraph.
Combination mark- Graphics with both text and symbol/icon. Signified brand image you wish to project. The text and the art are supposed to work with each other.
