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Glossary of Terms |
| Converted Text |
Converted text is no longer editable as it has been rasterized or converted to outlines/paths/curves. It can no longer be edited as text, however it does not require the font file to be displayed or printed correctly.
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| dpi |
Stands for "dots per inch" and is a unit of measure for digital resolution, where one pixel of color makes up one dot. The more dots per inch a file contains, the more information and detail is preserved and permits better quality reproductions.
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| Embroidery |
The use of a specially designed sewing embroidery machine to automatically create a pre-made design that is input into the machine. Most embroidery machines today are driven by computers that read digitized embroidery files created by special software.
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| Full Color Printing |
Also known as four color process, an image is created by printing in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black), the same as a color desktop printer.
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| Live Text |
Live text in an art file is a text object still in a format that is editable in the artwork's original program. Live text does require the font file in order to be displayed and printed correctly.
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| Pantone Colors |
'color match' specific colors when a design enters production stage-regardless of the equipment used to produce the color. This system has been widely adopted by graphic designers, reproduction and printing houses for a number of years now. Generally the colors are referred to as PMS color, such as PMS 300, which is a blue.
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| Rastered Art |
Raster artwork is an image created by combining a series of colored pixels, resulting in artwork that appears photorealistic but is not easily editable, scalable, or separable for spot color reproduction. Common raster file formats include: .jpg .gif .bmp .tif .psd
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| Screen Printing |
A printmaking technique that creates a sharp-edged image using a stencil. A screen print is an image created using this technique. Full color prints can be created by printing in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black).
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| Spot Colors |
All colors are a combination of a series of base colors. In most cases, these are identified by their percentages of each base color and despite this color formula, their actual color appearance to the human eye depends on ambient lighting as well as the hardware and software being used to view them. Spot colors are specifically named color swatches, most often called Pantones, that reduce the color-change effects of varying computer and printer systems.
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| Vectored Art |
Vectored artwork is an image created by points and paths, interpreted by the computer as mathematical properties. This results in artwork that is editable, scalable, and separable for spot color printing. Common vector file formats include: .ai .eps .indd
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