Message: A verbal or visual communication sent to the recipient who cannot be contacted directly
Work Ethic: The principle that hard work pays off
Employability Skills: Skills that relate to choosing, keeping, promoting in, and taking a job
20/20 Rule: After 20 minutes on the computer sit 20 feet back for 20 seconds
Right-to-Know-Laws: A worker have the right to know about all working hazards
Icon: Representation of a symbol
Vector-based graphics: The use of geometric shapes to create an image
Specs/specifications of a project: rules/guidelines that need to be followed in order to complete a project correctly
Dialog box (within an application): A small area on screen where the designer is provided with information or commands for their task
Palette (within an application): A range of colors which artists use
guidelines: general rules
extensions: continuation
contextual menu: shortcut menu; appears with user interaction; pop-up menu
clipping mask: a shape that you are going to cut from a photo in the shape of the mask
hue: color shade
primary colors: colors that can be mixed with any other color and still be obtained
secondary colors: color that results in mixing 2 primary colors
tertiary colors: color that results from mixing one secondary color and one primary
neutral colors: warm colors
continuous tone image: contains gradient tones
resolution: how you view an image on the printer or screen
file size: amount of space a file takes
typography: graphics created by letters and type
typeface: font
serif: extended lines that come off of the letters
body type: type of font used depending on the content
display type: advertisement type
reverse type: white type against a colored background
point size: size of font
ligatures: a type that combines two letters together
ampersand: a character that represents a word such as & (and)
lowercase: smaller letters
ligatures: a type that combines two letters together
ampersand: a character that represents a word such as & (and)
lowercase: smaller letters
uppercase: larger letters
flushed left: aligned left
flushed right: aligned right
centered: lines are centered individually on the same axis, gives a formal feel
justified: aligned in 1 block
Type Family: different variations of type face
Small Caps: capital letters that align at the waistline
Lining: numbers very uniform, align horizontally
Non-Lining: Numbers aren't uniform, have ascenders and descenders
Leading: Space in between lines of type
Margins: White space on top bottom sides of page
Concept: idea
final product: end results
thumbnail: quick sketch to get ideas onto paper
initial cap: larger, decorative capital letter at the beginning of text/ paragraph
flushed left: aligned left
flushed right: aligned right
centered: lines are centered individually on the same axis, gives a formal feel
justified: aligned in 1 block
Type Family: different variations of type face
Small Caps: capital letters that align at the waistline
Lining: numbers very uniform, align horizontally
Non-Lining: Numbers aren't uniform, have ascenders and descenders
Leading: Space in between lines of type
Margins: White space on top bottom sides of page
Concept: idea
final product: end results
thumbnail: quick sketch to get ideas onto paper
initial cap: larger, decorative capital letter at the beginning of text/ paragraph
