Monday, March 7, 2011

Layout Terms

Layout:
  • a plan or design of something that is laid out
  • the act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
Font: a specific size and style of type within a type family


Unity:
  • integrity: an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"
  • one: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
  • oneness: the quality of being united into one

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Terms Yada Yada

Orphan (type):
  • A paragraph-opening line that appears by itself at the bottom of a page/column.
  • A word, part of a word, or very short line that appears by itself at the end of a paragraph. Orphans result in too much white space between paragraphs or at the bottom of a page.
Widow (type):
         A paragraph-ending line that falls at the beginning of the following page/column, thus separated from the remainder of the text.
  Grid:
         Gridlines are the gray lines that divide each of the cells, rows, and columns in a spreadsheet. An example of gridlines can be seen in the below illustration.

Monday, January 24, 2011

My name is Damaris Acevedo

My objective for this semester is to improve my computer skills and learn Photoshop and Adobe and any other programs that will come in handy later in life.