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Anti-aliasing- using software to smooth gagged edges of a font or graphic Bitmap- An arrangement of dots to represent a graphic image, such as an individual letter Bold- A font style option used for emphasis, in which the type is darker and thicker than the surrounding type Bullet- a small graphic symbol that introduces an item in a vertical list File format- a method of saving files in a compressed or smaller format so that the file requires less disc space and transmission time Font editor- making changes to fonts such as stretching or shading characters Font manager- software used to manage all fonts on a system Hard type – text characters cast in metal or carved in wood to make impressions or printing plates Italic- a font style option in which characters tilt to the right Kerning- the spacing between a specific pair of text characters Masthead- the title of a newspaper periodical or web site as it appears across the front cover of an issue or across the home page of a site Monospacing- the use of the same width for all characters in a font opentype- a scalable font technology developed jointly by adove and Microsoft that extends truetype technology by allowing for larger character sets and more typographic control point- in typography 1/72 of an inch postscript-An Adobe technology for scalable fonts that’s uses a small program to generate each character and other small programs to compute common parts of the characters in a given font proportional spacing-The use of different widths for different characters in a font Sans serif-literally, “without serif;” a type of font that does not use serifs Scalable font-A digital font with character definitions that include the shapes of characters but not their sizes, so they can be scaled to different sizes. Serif-small decorative lines or curves on the ends of characters in some fonts. Text format-The appearance of text, such as the font, the point size, the spacing and so on. Trap wrap-the flow of text around various graphic elements in a document of multimedia application Tracking- the amount of space that separates characters in text TrueType-A font technology for scalable fonts developed by Apple computer that is the dominant font technology for PCs. Typeface-A family of alphabetic characters, numbers, punctuations, and other symbols that share a consistent design; also called a typeface Typography-The design and manipulation of fonts. Watermarks-Word or a symbol intended to be only faintly visible behind text; often seen on newspaper mastheads or personalized stationery. White space-Blank or empty space that separates blocks of text from each other and from other elements in a document of a display.