GRAPHIC DESIGN GLOSSARY

We want to provide you with the most comprehensive glossary of terms related to logos and graphic design.

This glossary will help you understand the terms commonly used in the graphic design industry.


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Adobe Acrobat: Suite of applications to create and view PDF files.

Aliasing: The term is commonly applied to spatial aliasing, which manifests as visible pixelation - a blocky or jagged effect - especially with near horizontal or near vertical lines of high contrast.

Anti-alias: The blending of pixel colors on the perimeter of hard-edged shapes, like type, to smooth undesirable edges (jaggies).

Alpha channel A special 8-bit grayscale channel that is used for saving a selection.

Alley: the space between columns within a page. Not to be confused with the gutter, which is the combination of the inside margins of two facing pages.

Ascender: in typography, the parts of lowercase letters that rise above the x-height of the font, e.g. b, d, f, h, k, I, and t.