Turbo Terms

Digital Graphic DesignKey Terms

Alignment

The placement of type relative to margins (left, right, center, and justified)

Left

Center

Right

ascender

Part of a lower case letter that rises above the x-height

Descender

Part of a lower case letter that drops below the baseline.

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Baseline

An imaginary line upon which the body of a line of type rests.

Baseline – an imaginary line upon which the body of a line rests.

column

A vertical block of text, or the space used to lay out type and graphics.

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crop

Any technique that reduces the amount of a graphic that shows or prints.

FillThe property of an object that determines the

appearance of the body of the object; fill may be solid; a tint or screen; a pattern; or none.

gutterThe space between pages in facing pages

layouts.

This is page or column 2. Now I am just typing to fill the page so you can see an example of GUTTERS

This is page number one or column one. The space in between the two pages or columns is the gutter.

halftoneIn printing, the technique of simulating shades of

gray or color by varying the size of dots in a grid, or the number of pixels in a given area.

Hanging indentA paragraph format where the lines are indented a certain

distance from the left margin, but the first line is indented a negative amount, so that the first line hangs over the rest of the left alignment.

In-line graphic

graphic element embedded in a paragraph as a text character. It takes on alignment and other characteristics of the host paragraph

leader A character, most commonly used with tabs,

to visually connect the text on either side of that tab.

indents Additional space measured from the left and right of a text block or margins. (left, right, first)

leadingThe distance from the baseline of one line of

text to the baseline of the next, usually measured in points.

kerning

Adjustment of spacing between letter pairs.

maskA technique for using the shape of one graphic

object to crop or otherwise block out portions or another graphic object.

marginDefined areas surrounding a page that

separates the trim from the live (printing) area.

picaA typographic measurement system

consisting of 12 points; there are 6 picas per inch.

pointsThe basic measure of type; there are 72

points in an inch, or 12 points to the pica.

Ruler guideA non-printing line that you drag from either

the vertical or horizontal rulers to help you position elements on a page.

Sans-serifThe class of type faces without serifs

(used for headings).

serifA line or curved extension projecting from the end of

a letter form; can be used to distinguish a class of type face, such as Times (used for the text body).

Text wrapThe technique of flowing text around a

graphic element.

tracking

Preset letter spacing values for an entire word or group of words.

weightTerm referring the “heaviness” of a

type face’s stroke.

X-heightA value often expressed as a percentage that measures

the height of the body of lowercase letters in a type face, or in proportion to the upper case letters.

Zero pointThe point at which the on-screen vertical and

horizontal rulers meet at 0; the position relative to the page is changeable by the user.

zoomThe act of enlarging or reducing the magnification on screen;

like moving closer or farther away.

White SpaceAny area of the page that is not a graphic or text.