Pancyprian TS Arch. Drawing (P.K.) flashcards

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Kerning

An adjustment to the spacing of a particular pair of characters, distinct from changing spacing across an entire selected text range.

Tracking

An adjustment to spacing across a sequence of characters, evaluated alongside letterforms, text size and line length rather than confused with pair-specific kerning.

Leading

The distance between successive text baselines in a layout, checked with line length, type size and content instead of prescribed independently of reading conditions.

Grid

An organizing system of columns, rows, margins or modules used to align related content and make deliberate exceptions visible within a coherent composition.

Prototype

A model used to test a defined design question before final production, whose fidelity should match what is being investigated rather than imply a finished product.

Project brief

A statement of purpose, audience, constraints and success criteria that supports comparison among alternatives and evaluation of the final proposed design.

Tangency

Contact at a point with a common tangent direction in the relevant smooth-curve model, verified geometrically rather than inferred from a rough visual meeting.

Orthographic view

A projection onto a selected plane using perpendicular projectors, whose orientation and relationship to other views must be defined for consistent spatial interpretation.

Section

The geometric figure produced by intersecting a represented solid with a specified cutting plane, distinguished from additional features visible beyond that plane.

Dimensioning

The communication of required sizes and locations with declared units, reference conventions and sufficient information, avoiding redundant or contradictory descriptions of the same feature.

Visual hierarchy

The ordering of attention through relative scale, contrast, spacing, grouping and placement, assessed against the message and audience rather than a universal reading path.

Negative space

The shaped area surrounding and separating represented objects; its boundaries and proportions participate in the composition instead of merely filling unused background.

Value

The perceived lightness or darkness of an area, considered separately from hue when checking structure, contrast, modelling and the readability of a design.

Hue

The chromatic family used to describe a color, distinguished from its lightness and saturation and interpreted with the selected color model and viewing conditions.

Saturation

The perceived strength of chromatic color relative to a more neutral appearance, whose effect depends on adjacent colors, lightness and the rendering system.

Scale

The ratio of a represented length to its corresponding real or model length, calculated after converting both quantities into the same units.

Proportion

A relationship among sizes within a form or composition, which can be measured and compared without treating one aesthetic ratio as universally obligatory.

Perspective

A method of representing spatial relationships on a plane, whose projection assumptions must be stated before comparing apparent dimensions or the behavior of parallel lines.

Axonometric projection

A parallel-projection representation in which the principal spatial directions have defined projected axes and scale factors, rather than distance-dependent central-perspective convergence.

Central perspective

A projection model with rays through a common viewpoint, causing suitable directions to meet at vanishing points and apparent size to depend on depth.

Support

The material carrying marks or paint, selected with attention to tooth, sizing, strength, moisture response and compatibility with the intended drawing or painting process.

Binder

The component that holds pigment particles together and attaches a paint or drawing medium to its support, affecting drying behavior, adhesion and later reactivation.

Opacity

The extent to which an applied material obscures what lies beneath, depending on formulation, thickness and application rather than solely on a medium name.

Registration

The alignment of separate printing layers or components using reference marks or a suitable system, checked before assuming multiple impressions coincide.

Relief printing

A print process in which ink is carried mainly on raised parts of a matrix; the removed regions and image reversal must be understood in context.

Intaglio

A family of print processes in which recessed marks retain ink; plate preparation and transfer differ from the raised-surface principle of relief printing.

Screen printing

An ink-transfer process through open regions of a mesh stencil, distinguished from the recessed lines of intaglio and raised areas of a relief block.

Typography

The selection and arrangement of letterforms, styles and text spacing to support information hierarchy, character recognition and continuous reading for a particular use.