by Kaz | Jan 28, 2016 | Goals and Motivation, Uncategorized
So, I had great expectations and intentions of updating my blog every other day, preparing my posts and creating graphics ahead of time. And then stuff happened the second week of January. A lot of clients seemed to need things doing earlier than usual this year, so... by Kaz | Jan 18, 2016 | Graphic Design Terms, Uncategorized
When I first started in the typesetting and desktop publishing business we talked in picas and points and all ads were created using these units of measurement to specify size and placement of individual elements. As I moved onto creating graphics and enhancing photos... 
by Kaz | Jan 14, 2016 | Graphic Design Terms, Uncategorized
In my previous post, I mentioned x-height. Were you wondering what it meant? It sounds pretty obvious, right? And it is. So is cap height. In typography, the x-height is the height of lowercase letters that do not have an ascender or descender, represented by the... 
by Kaz | Jan 12, 2016 | Graphic Design Terms, Uncategorized
Have you heard the terms ascender and descender? Do you know what they are? An ascender is the part of a lowercase letter that extends above the mean line of a font, or x-height, whereas the descender is the part that appears below the base line of a font. (See the... 
by Kaz | Jan 10, 2016 | Graphic Design Terms, Uncategorized
When it comes to choosing typefaces and fonts in graphic design, it’s important to make sure they are both legible and readable. But what’s the difference? Legibility is a measure of how easy it is to distinguish one letter or character from another in a...
