Friday, August 7, 2009

Word of the Day

Pixel: The smallest picture element (used to display an image on a computer), that can be independently assigned a color. Raster images are made up of pixels (blurry artwork) unless made at a high resolution.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Soccer Banners

Sports banners: I know it's that time of year for your child to be starting in their soccer season. I can design the banner (full color) and have it ready to print. I will email it to your company of choice to print a vector format (which most places require). My rates are very reasonable and competitive. My turn around time is usually a day or two. Sports team banner design fees starting at $20.00. Contact me today for a quote.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Word of the Day

Head: a line or lines of copy set in a larger face than the body copy. Do I have a head in the blog?

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Word of the Day

Weight: denotes the thickness of a letter stroke, light, extra-light, "regular," medium, demi-bold, bold, extra bold and ultra bold. The weight of this font is regular, but the word is bold.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Word of the Day

Reverse: A "highlighted" area of text. Where text is a light color, and the background is dark. It stands out a lot more than just standard coloring.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Word of the Day

Saturation: the intensity of a color. The higher the saturation, the brighter the color. Colors in gray scale have no saturation (blacks, white and grays).

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Word of the Day

Gradient: when a color fades from color color to another. It's kind of like a sunset; fading from blue, orange, red to yellow.