Graphic design, translated : a visual dictionary of terms for global design = Le langage du graphisme = Grafik design übersetzt = Il linguaggio della grafica = El lenguaje del diseño gráfico / Peter J. Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Peter J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graphic arts--Dictionaries--Polyglot.

Graphic arts.

Printing--Dictionaries--Polyglot.

Printing.

Dictionaries, Polyglot.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

At head of title: A visual directory for terms of global design

Place of Publication:

Beverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For centuries now, visual communication design has celebrated national identities (through the now-iconic identity systems developed for the Olympic Games, for example) at the same time as it transcends international borders, such as through the far-reaching influence of the Bauhaus and the International Typographic Style.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Table of Contents

Introduction

How To Use This Book

Pronunciation Guide

Languages Table of Contents

English Terms

A

ACCORDION FOLD

ALIASING, ANTI-ALIASING

ALIGNMENT

ALL CAPS

ANALOGOUS COLORS

ANIMATION

APOSTROPHE

AQUEOUS COATING

ART DECO

ART NOUVEAU

ARTS AND CRAFTS

ASCENDER

ASYMMETRY

B

BACK MATTER

BALANCE

BARREL FOLD

BASELINE

BAUHAUS

BÉZIER CURVE

BINDING

BITMAP

BLACKLETTER

BLEED

BODY COPY

BOLD/BOLDFACE

BORDER

BRANDING

BRIGHTNESS

BULLET

C

CALIPER

CALLIGRAPHY

CALLOUT

CAP HEIGHT

CAPTION

CASE BINDING

CENTERED TYPE/TEXT

CHANNELS

CHROMA

CLIP ART

CMYK

COATED PAPER

COLLAGE

COLOR

COLOR CORRECTION

COLOR-MATCHING SYSTEM

COLOR MODEL

COLOR PALETTE

COLOR SPACE

COLOR WHEEL

COLUMN

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

COMPOSITE

COMPOSITION

CONDENSED TYPE

CONSTRUCTIVISM

CONTRAST

COPYFITTING

COUNTER

CROP

CUBISM

D

DADA

DE STIJL

DEBOSS

DESCENDER

DIE CUT

DINGBATS

DISPLAY TYPE

DITHER

DROP CAPITAL/CAP

DUOTONE

E

EGYPTIAN

ELLIPSIS

EM

EM DASH

EM SPACE

EMBOSS

EN

EN DASH

EN SPACE

END MATTER

EXPERT SET

EYE FLOW

F

FACING PAGES

FIGURE-GROUND

FLUSH-LEFT/FLUSH-RIGHT

FOCAL POINT

FOIL STAMPING

FONT

FOR POSITION ONLY (FPO)

FORM-COUNTERFORM

FOUR-COLOR PROCESS

FRONT MATTER

FUTURISM

G

GALLEY PROOF

GRADIENT

GRAYSCALE

GREEKING

GRID

GUTTER

H

H&amp

J

HALFTONE

HANGING PUNCTUATION

HEADING

HEADLINE

HIERARCHY

HUE

HYPHEN

HYPHENATION

I

ICON

IDENTITY

IMPOSITION

INDENT

INITIAL CAPITAL/CAP

INTERACTION DESIGN

ITALIC

JUSTIFIED TYPE/TEXT

K

KERNING

KISS DIE CUT

L

LASER CUT

LAYER

LAYOUT.

LEADING

LEGIBILITY

LETTER SPACING

LETTERFORM

LETTERPRESS

LIGATURE

LINE

LINE BREAK

LINE LENGTH

LINING NUMERALS/FIGURES

LITHOGRAPHY

LOGO

LOREM IPSUM

M

MAKEREADY

MARGIN

MASTER PAGE

MEAN LINE

MEASURE

METAPHOR

MODERNISM

MOIRÉ

MONOCHROMATIC

MONOSPACED

MONTAGE

MULTIMEDIA

N

NEGATIVE SPACE

O

OBLIQUE

OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY

OLD-STYLE NUMERALS/FIGURES

OPTICAL ALIGNMENT

ORPHAN

OUTLINE TYPE

OVERPRINTING

P

PACKAGING DESIGN

PAGINATION

PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM (PMS)

PAPER SIZES

PATH

PERFECT BINDING

PHOTOMONTAGE

PICA

PICTOGRAM

PIXEL

POINT/POINT SIZE

POSITIVE SPACE

POSTERIZATION

POST-MODERNISM

PRIMARY COLORS

PROCESS COLORS

PROOF

PROPORTIONAL

PULL QUOTE

Q

QUOTATION MARKS

R

RAG

RASTER GRAPHICS

READABILITY

REAM

RECTO/VERSO

REGISTRATION

RESOLUTION

REVERSE/REVERSE OUT

RGB

RHYTHM

RIVERS

ROMAN TYPE

RULE

S

SADDLE-STITCH BINDING

SANS SERIF

SATURATION

SCALE

SCREEN PRINTING

SCRIPT TYPE

SECONDARY COLORS

SERIF

SHEET SIZES

SIGNATURE

SMALL CAPITALS/CAPS

SPREAD

STANDING CAPITAL/CAP

STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY/IMAGES

SUBHEAD

SUBSCRIPT

SUPERSCRIPT

SURREALISM

SWASH CHARACTERS

SYMBOL

SYMMETRY

T

TERTIARY COLORS

TEXT WRAPPING

TEXTURE

THUMBNAIL

TINT

TRACKING

TRAPPING

TRITONE

TYPE

TYPE CLASSIFICATION

TYPE FAMILY

TYPEFACE

TYPESETTING

TYPOGRAPHY

U

ULTRAVIOLET COATING

V

VALUE

VARNISH

VECTOR GRAPHIC

VERSO

VICTORIAN

VISUAL ALIGNMENT

W

WHITE SPACE

WIDOW

X

X-HEIGHT

French terms

German terms

Italian terms

Spanish terms

Index of terms

English

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Español

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781616738808

1616738804

OCLC:

849945490