DESIGN DICTIONARY

36 Terms You Should Know and Understand

ALIGNMENT BLEED CAMERA-READY CMYK CROP MARKS DIE CUT DPI EXPORT FONT
This dictates how The part of the page Means that a document Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Guides used as each Metal ruler that can cut Dots per inch, an Allows you to open the Dictates the style and
images, texts, and that gets trimmed off is ready to be sent to and Key (black). It’s an piece is cut to its final shapes on different acronym used to file in programs other size of displayable text
shapes are arranged once the image is the printers. additive process for size. kinds of materials. measure resolution. than the one you’re characters under a
and positioned. printed. pigments used in print. designing in. typeface.

GIF GRIDS GUTTER JPEG KERNING LAYERS LEADING LOGO DESIGN MEASURE
Graphics Interchange Horizontal and vertical The blank space Short for Joint The spacing between Divisions to separate The vertical space that The process of creating Used to define the
Format. Used for lines that intersect and between two pages Photographic Experts characters to make the tiers of information, sets each line of type a visual identity that width of a text block.
images, it can either be allow a designer to facing each other. Group. A common pairing of every two shapes, and images apart. represents a company, Helps optimize for
static or animated. structure content. format for images. letters more balanced. from each other. brand, or individual. readability.

NEGATIVE SPACE ORPHAN PANTONE SYSTEM PDF PICA PIXEL PNG PPI PROOF
The amount of space A group of words or a A color matching Short for Portable A unit of measurement The smallest element Short for Portable Pixels Per Inch, a A copy or preview of
around the shapes and short line towards the system used in the Document Format. A used in typesetting. on a single raster image. Network Graphics. measure of resolution. what your design will
words used in a design end or at the beginning printing industry, popular format used for One pica is 1/6th of an Thousands form an Great for web design. The more PPI, the more look like.
piece. of a paragraph. developed by Pantone. printing and reading. inch. object. Supports transparency. detailed the images.

PSD RASTER FILES RGB SANS SERIF SLUG TRACKING TYPEFACE TYPOGRAPHY VECTOR IMAGES
A format used for files They are made up of Red, green, and blue. A Typeface style where A space added to a Like kerning, but applies The entire design set Allows the designer to Use shapes made up of
that come directly from thousands of pixels that color mode used to letters don't have small document to display an even amount of for a group of fonts. arrange the type used connected X and Y
Adobe Photoshop. dictate each image’s display vibrant images lines (serifs) at the ends data that won't be part space between Also called a font family. on any composition. coordinates. Scalable.
form and color. on screen. of each character. of the final product. characters.

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