target audience- people that the graphic is projected towards to
message-an official or formal communication
work ethic-the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward
employ-ability skills- the ability that someone puts effort into work
20/20 Rule- every twenty minutes a person must look away from the computer for twenty seconds
Right-To-Know Laws- Things that people can know when there is a hazard in your workplace
icon- a thing that represents a symbol
vector-based graphics- the creation of digital images through certain commands
specs/specifications of a project- design and materials that are needed to be used on a project
dialog box (within an application)- a small area on screen which the user must provide information or commands.
palette (within an application)- a range of different colors or shapes that a user can use
Guidelines-lines that aline everything on the page
Extensions- an extra part to go on something
Contextual menu- a menu that fixes the settings of work
Clipping mask- A box that allows you to only see what is in it
hue- A color itself
primary colors- Red, yellow, and blue
secondary colors- Orange, green, and violet
tertiary colors- Red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet
neutral colors - Colors of very low saturation
continuous tone image- files that use pixels
resolution- a pixel count in digital imaging that describes the size of an image
file size- the actual amount of disk space consumed by the file, or how much information is stored within a file
Typography- using an image within an image
Typeface- symbols
Serif- semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols
Body type- the type of just one section of a design
Display type- the type of the whole entire work of design
Reverse type- light or bright letter against a dark background
Point size- the relative measure of the size of the font
ligatures- usually replace consecutive character sharing common components and are part of a more general class of glyphs called "contextual forms", where the specific shape of a letter depends on context such as surrounding letter or proximity to the end of a line.
ampersand- a logo gram representing the conjunction word "and".
small caps- short for small capitals, they are used in running text to prevent capitalized words from appearing too large on the page, and as a method of emphasis or distinctiveness for text alongside or instead of italics, or when boldface is inappropriate.
lowercase- small letters as opposed to capital letters (uppercase).
uppercase- capital letter as opposed to small letter (lowercase).
Flush Left- every line of text is aligned to the left
Fluch Right- every line of text is aligned to the right
Centered- every line of text is in the center
Justified- alignes text left and right(like a block)
Lining- numerals are in uniform in height
Non-lining- numerals with small body sizes with ascenders and descenders that mix on the line
Leading- the space in between lines of type
Margins- the empty space of the content and the edge of the paper(within the margins, all important elements are to be kept in between the margins)
Kerning- allows to change the space in between two lines of type
Tracking- allows to adjust the space between everything
Concept- an idea; something formed in one's mind
Final product- what the targeted audience will eventually see; the end result
Thumbnail- quick sketches to get your thoughts out of your head and onto paper
Initial cap- a larger decorative capital letter at the beginning of text or paragraph
