Computer Business Applications-DTP
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jemcwhorter on February 22, 2012
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Desktop Publishing Skills for CBA
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Desktop Publishing | Using a computer with page-layout software to design, edit, and produce professional-looking publications that include text and graphics. |
| Typography | The study of all elements of type as a means of visual communication—from calligraphy to the use of digital type; includes the shape, size, and spacing of characters. |
| Typeface | A family of alphabetic characters, numbers, punctuation marks and other symbols that share a consistent design |
| Points | Fonts are measured by a system |
| Serif | the little extra stroke found at the end of main vertical and horizontal strokes of some letterforms. |
| Sans Serif | Type which does not have serifs |
| Decorative | Designs are unusual and unique and are designed to attract attention |
| Display | Another name for Decorative Font |
| Script | Designed to resemble handwriting, with styles ranging from formal to whimsical |
| Style | special formatting applied to text |
| Shadow | adds depth to text or other objects, making them appear more three-dimensional |
| Bold | appears darker than the surrounding text |
| Italics | slopes to the right |
| Small Cap | lowercase letters display in a smaller size than the regular uppercase letters, typically the height of lowercase letters in that font |
| 3-D | creating the illusion of depth |
| Alignment | aligning text or graphic elements to the top, bottom, sides, or middle of a page or box |
| Left Alignment | Text is lined up against the left margin. |
| Right Alignment | Text is lined up against the right margin |
| Ascender | (printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters |
| Descender | (printing) the part of lowercase letters that extends below the other lowercase letters |
| x-height | the height of lowercase letters, specifically the lowercase x, not including ascenders and descenders |
| Baseline | the bottom line where the letters set in printing |
| Justified | having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins |
| Centered | a format where the left and right edges of the paragraph are equally distant from the left and right sides of the page |
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