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terms
Question | Answer |
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alignment | the placement of type relative to margins |
ascender | part of a lower case letter that rises above the x height |
baseline | imaginary line upon which rests the body of a line of type, descenders, such as lower-case p or g, drop below the baseline |
bold or boldface | an expression of weight, also a style of type |
column guide | non-printing lines that define the left and right margins of columns on a page; accessible through the lay-out menu |
crop marks | printed but non-reproducing marks that aid the printer in determining trim size |
descender | part of a lower case letter that drops below the baseline |
EPS | a file format that stands for encapsulated postscript; used for high resolution, output, and special effects |
fill | the property of an object that determines the apperance of the body of the object; fill may be solid, a tint or screen, a pattern, or none |
folio | printers term for page number |
grid | the non-printing guides including column guides and ruler guides, that aid in structurign page layouts |
gutter | the space between pages in facing pages layouts |
halftone | in 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 |
in-line graphic | a graphic element embedded in a paragraph as a text character. it takes on alignment and other characteristics of the host paragraph |
kerning | the adjustment of spacing between letter pairs |
leader | a character, most commonly used with tabs, the visually connect the text on either side of the tab; most common character is the period, followed by the underscore. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH LEADING!!!! |
leading | the distance from the baseline from one line of text to the baseline of the next, usually measured in points |
mask | technique for using the shape of one graphic object to crop or otherwise block out portions of another graphic object |
master page | a page identified by an L or R in the lower left corner of a document window, on which you create elements that will appear consistently throughout the publication |
paragraph style | see STYLE SHEET |
pica | a typographic measurement system consisting of 12b points; there are 6 picas per inch |
points | the basic measure of type; there are 72 points to the inch, or 12 pints to the pica |
rule | printers term for a line |
ruler guide | a non-printing line that you drag from either the vertical or horizontal rulers to help you position elements on a page |
running head | a line of text, often containing the title, that is consistent across most or all the pages in a publication |
point size | the measure of the size of type, in points |
running foot | a line of text, often containing the folio, that is consisten across most or all the pages in a publication |
sans serif | the class of type faces without serifs |
serif | a line or curved extension projecting from the end of a letter form; can be used to distinguish a class of type faces, such as Times, from sans serif faces |
set width | a typographic name for the horizontal scaling of type, usually expressed as a percentage. "Squeeze" or "Stretch" might be other words for set width |
soft returns | in Page Maker, holding the Shift key while pressing Return creates a soft return, sometimes called a line break or a new line, but does not start a new paragraph. most often used in conjuction with bullet lists |
style | a variant of the basic type face, such as Italic, bold, strikethrough, or outline. DON'T CONFUSE WITH STYLE SHEETS |
style sheet | essentially a script of shortcut for several text and paragraph formatting choices, such as indents, rules, typeface, size and styles. Style sheets apply to paragraphs at a time, rather than individual words, and are also sometimes called paragraph style |
text block | In Page Maker, an object that contains text, defined by handles at top, bottom, left, and right. Text blocks can be linked, into single story my have many text blocks. to view a text block, click on text with the pointer tool. |
Text Wrap | The technique of flowing text around graphic elements. In Page Maker, the options are available under the element menu. |
tracking | preset letter spacing values |
trim size | size of the finnished page after the excess has been cut away. |
typeface | can refer to an entire related named family of type, such as Helvetica or Times. |
weight | term refering to the heaviness of a typeface's stroke. terms often used are light, medium, book, bold, heavy, and ultra. |
x-height | a value often expressed as a percentage that means the height of the body of lower case letters in a typed face, or in porportion to the uper case letters. |
zero point | the point at which the on-screen vertical and horizontal rulers meet at 0; the position relative to the page is changable by the user. |