The art of drawing original characters and symbols — especially for decorative purposes.
A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.
An iconic design that is made up of two or three letters.
An imaginary line on which most letters "sit". As such, it equals the height of an em square. The expected result of a baseline is to reference the height with which text is aligned. The alignment ranges from ascenders, which are the upper strokes in b, d, and h, down to descenders like j or y.
A term that means the smallest amount of work that can be done to move a project forward.
The feeling or mood created by a design.
The area of negative space around and between elements in a design.
A Shortcut is a computer function that performs a set of commands to save time. A Quick Key is a keyboard shortcut used to trigger an action.
The surface quality of an element.
The word "bracket" is often used to refer to parentheses and is written as either [] or () and used to delimit blocks of text, e.g. a set of instructions. Within brackets, items are arranged from left to right in order of precedence.
A generic term for adding colour to an image. A tint can be applied by darkening a colour to create different shades or lightening the saturation, creating a washed-out look.