Design Dictionary

This dictates how images, texts, and shapes are arranged and positioned.

• alignment

• bleed

• camera-ready

• CMYK

The part of the page that gets trimmed off once the image is printed.

• bleed

• camera-ready

• die cut

• export

Means that a document is ready to be sent to the printers.

• bleed

• camera-ready

• dpi

• export

Guides used as each piece is cut to its final size.

• bleed

• alignment

• camera-ready

• crop marks

Metal ruler that can cut shapes on different kinds of materials.

• CMYK

• crop marks

• die cut

• dpi

Dots per inch, an acronym used to measure resolution.

• dpi

• alignment

• die cut

• font

Allows you to open the file in programs other than the one you’re designing in.

• export

• alignment

• crop marks

• bleed

Dictates the style and size of displayable text characters under a typeface.

• export

• font

• die cut

• alignment

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). It’s an additive process for pigments used in print.

• export

• font

• die cut

• CMYK