DTP

Question 1

What is a Header/Footer?

Answer 1

Space at the top/bottom of a page for page no., dates, author name etc.

Question 2

What are the spaces at the edge of a page called?

Answer 2

Margins

Question 3

What is the purpose of a title?

Answer 3

shows what the publication is about

Question 4

What is body text?

Answer 4

Paragraphs of text

Question 5

What do you call the space between two columns of text?

Answer 5

Gutter

Question 6

What is a column of text?

Answer 6

Body of text in column form, usually justified, e.g. Newspaper

Question 8

What do you call the space at the edges of a page?

Answer 8

Margin

Question 9

What is body text?

Answer 9

Paragraph of text

Question 10

What is the white space between columns of text called?

Answer 10

Gutter

Question 11

What is a column of text?

Answer 11

Body text in column form, e.g. newspaper

Question 12

What do you call the text under an image?

Answer 12

Caption

Question 13

What is a Drop Capital?

Answer 13

A big letter at the start of a Paragraph to draw attention to it

Question 14

What do you call a quote from the text that is used to draw people in?

Answer 14

Pull quote

Question 15

What is the purpose of Bleed?

Answer 15

Creates Depth

Question 16

What is Bleed?

Answer 16

When an image runs off of a page, ignoring margins

Question 17

What is a graphic?

Answer 17

A picture or symbol

Question 18

What is the purpose of Lines and Shapes in a DTP publication?

Answer 18

Separates the different parts of a page, makes the publication more interesting

Question 19

What is the purpose of Balance?

Answer 19

Keeps pages organised and visually appealing, creates a feeling or order

Question 20

What is the purpose of contrast in colours?

Answer 20

Using contrasting colours makes elements stand out

Question 21

How can contrast be used in shapes?

Answer 21

When two shapes go two different ways, it can draw in the eyes of a viewer

Question 22

What is the purpose of alignment?

Answer 22

Makes publication look tidy

Question 23

What is it called when one thing or some things are made larger than others, making it stand out on the page?

Answer 23

Proportion

Question 24

What are the large spaces on a page with nothing in them called?

Answer 24

White space

Question 25

What is it called when the same colours, textures and shapes are used throughout the publication?

Answer 25

Unity

Question 26

What are two purposes of thumbnails?

Answer 26

A way to quickly and easily note ideas down, and allows for the customers to make alterations easily

Question 27

What is the visual impact of depth?

Answer 27

Makes publication look more professional, makes certain important elements stand out

Question 28

What is a preliminary graphic?

Answer 28

The initial stage of graphic design, usually thumbnail sketches

Question 29

WHAT IS A THUMBNAIL?

Answer 29

small rough sketches designed to give a quick representation of your design.

Question 30

Why are thumbnails good at the preliminary stage?

Answer 30

they do not take long and give you an immediate representation of your work, and quick sketches allow you to develop a whole range of ideas quickly which allows you to build on and expand your designs.

Question 31

What are the 3 P's?

Answer 31

Preliminary, production, and promotional

Question 32

what is a production graphic?

Answer 32

for a graphic image to be considered a production graphic it must convey certain pieces of information which could be of use to someone like a technologist, engineer, architect, etc.

Question 33

what is the purpose of a production graphic?

Answer 33

production graphics are concerned with telling us as much information as possible about a product

Question 34

what might be included in a production graphic?

Answer 34

dimensions, moving parts cross sections, weight, material selection, etc.

Question 35

what are some examples of production graphics?

Answer 35

orthographic drawings, sectional views, exploded isometrics, assembly views, perspective, isometric, sections, stepped sections, etc.

Question 36

how are they produced and why?

Answer 36

they are usually produced using AutoCAD or other CAD packages in the form of working drawings or models, to make them clear and concise to the manufacturing sector.

Question 37

what is a promotional graphic?

Answer 37

promotional graphics is where the product or design is displayed, advertised, and put into the marketplace.

Question 38

what are some examples of promotional graphics?

Answer 38

posters, advertisements, leaflets, flyers, displays, etc.

Question 39

what does a promotional graphic need to achieve to be effective?

Answer 39

it must attract the consumers attention an make them want to look at it.

Question 40

how are promotional graphics usually made?

Answer 40

software packages such as Serif Page Plus, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher, etc.

Question 41

what are some packages used in desk top publishing?

Answer 41

Serif Page Plus, Microsoft Publisher

Question 42

What are some advantages of Desktop Publishing?

Answer 42

colour picker, crop pictures, manipulate pictures, layer feature, fonts-creativity, documents can be sent anywhere in the world instantly via cloud or email