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Whether you are a designer, or you’re just working with us, it’s great to have a working knowledge of design terms. Here is a list of some of the most common ones, with links to the definitions below.
.ai Alignment Blackletter Bleed Blending modes CMYK Clipping masks Color Formulas Color Space Color Symbolism Crop Marks Cropping DPI Decorative Font Dieline Dimensions .eps Feathering Fill Font Weight Gaussian Blur
.gif Golden Ratio Typography Hand Font Hierarchy Hue .indd .jpg Kerning Layers Layer Mask Leading Monospace Multiply OpenType Outlining PPI Pantone Pathfinder .pdf .png Primary Color
Process Color .psd RGB Raster Resolution Safety Sans Serif Screen Script Secondary Color Selecting Serif Silhouetting Slab Serif Spot Color Stroke Tertiary Color Tracking Vector X-Height
.aiAlignmentBlackletterBleedBlending modesCMYKClipping masksColor FormulasColor SpaceColor SymbolismCrop MarksCroppingDPIDecorative FontDielineDimensions.epsFeatheringFillFont WeightGaussian Blur
.gifGolden Ratio TypographyHand FontHierarchyHue.indd.jpgKerningLayersLayer MaskLeadingMonospaceMultiplyOpenTypeOutliningPPIPantonePathfinder.pdf.pngPrimary Color
Process Color.psdRGBRasterResolutionSafetySans SerifScreenScriptSecondary ColorSelectingSerifSilhouettingSlab SerifSpot ColorStrokeTertiary ColorTrackingVectorX-Height