Adobe Illustrator CC Certification
Vocabulary with Complete and Accurate
Solutions | Graded A+
Feedback loop - ✔✔A system set up to continually encourage and require input and approval on
a project's direction.
Fonts - ✔✔The whole collection of a typeface in each of its sizes and styles.
Form - ✔✔Describes three-dimensional objects, such as spheres, cubes, and pyramids.
Geometric shapes - ✔✔Predictable and consistent shapes, such as circles, squares, triangles, and
stars. They are rarely found in nature and convey mechanical and manufactured impressions
Glyph - ✔✔Each character of a font, whether it is a letter, number, symbol, or swash.
Gradient fill - ✔✔A gradual blend between two or more solid colors. Gradients are created and
edited via the Gradient panel in Illustrator.
Group - ✔✔A collection of objects on an artboard that can be selected as an entire unit for editing and
organizing elements in a design. On the Layers panel, a <Group> listing will display and the collection
of objects will display as individual listings nested within the group.
Isolation mode - ✔✔A special viewing and editing mode that is activated by double-clicking an object or
a group. All other objects are temporarily dimming, thereby limiting editing to only the selected objects.
, Justified - ✔✔Aligns text to a straight edge on both the right and left edges of a paragraph.
Kerning - ✔✔The space between a set of characters only.
Layers - ✔✔A way to organize objects and put some objects in front of, or behind, others. When objects
are on separate layers you can temporarily lock or hide them to facilitate editing objects on other layers
in the same area of the artboard.
Leading - ✔✔The amount of space between the baselines of two lines of text in wraparound
paragraph type.
Increase the leading value to increase the amount of white space between lines of text.
Linked - ✔✔Placing a bitmap image as a screen version of an image in an Illustrator document.
A link is established between the placed image and the original source image. Image data is not stored in
the document. See also embedded.
Live Corners - ✔✔A feature for non-rectangular objects such as polygons that displays a corner
widget for controlling the corner radius on a selected corner point.
Live Shapes - ✔✔A feature for rectangle or rounded rectangle objects only that displays corner
widgets for controlling the corner radius on a selected object. See also shape properties.
Metadata - ✔✔Information that is included in a document but is hidden, such as copyright,
lens information, location via GPS, camera settings, and more.
Model releases - ✔✔The permission that is required when a person's face is identifiable in a photo
and the image will be used to promote something—whether it's a product or an idea.
Vocabulary with Complete and Accurate
Solutions | Graded A+
Feedback loop - ✔✔A system set up to continually encourage and require input and approval on
a project's direction.
Fonts - ✔✔The whole collection of a typeface in each of its sizes and styles.
Form - ✔✔Describes three-dimensional objects, such as spheres, cubes, and pyramids.
Geometric shapes - ✔✔Predictable and consistent shapes, such as circles, squares, triangles, and
stars. They are rarely found in nature and convey mechanical and manufactured impressions
Glyph - ✔✔Each character of a font, whether it is a letter, number, symbol, or swash.
Gradient fill - ✔✔A gradual blend between two or more solid colors. Gradients are created and
edited via the Gradient panel in Illustrator.
Group - ✔✔A collection of objects on an artboard that can be selected as an entire unit for editing and
organizing elements in a design. On the Layers panel, a <Group> listing will display and the collection
of objects will display as individual listings nested within the group.
Isolation mode - ✔✔A special viewing and editing mode that is activated by double-clicking an object or
a group. All other objects are temporarily dimming, thereby limiting editing to only the selected objects.
, Justified - ✔✔Aligns text to a straight edge on both the right and left edges of a paragraph.
Kerning - ✔✔The space between a set of characters only.
Layers - ✔✔A way to organize objects and put some objects in front of, or behind, others. When objects
are on separate layers you can temporarily lock or hide them to facilitate editing objects on other layers
in the same area of the artboard.
Leading - ✔✔The amount of space between the baselines of two lines of text in wraparound
paragraph type.
Increase the leading value to increase the amount of white space between lines of text.
Linked - ✔✔Placing a bitmap image as a screen version of an image in an Illustrator document.
A link is established between the placed image and the original source image. Image data is not stored in
the document. See also embedded.
Live Corners - ✔✔A feature for non-rectangular objects such as polygons that displays a corner
widget for controlling the corner radius on a selected corner point.
Live Shapes - ✔✔A feature for rectangle or rounded rectangle objects only that displays corner
widgets for controlling the corner radius on a selected object. See also shape properties.
Metadata - ✔✔Information that is included in a document but is hidden, such as copyright,
lens information, location via GPS, camera settings, and more.
Model releases - ✔✔The permission that is required when a person's face is identifiable in a photo
and the image will be used to promote something—whether it's a product or an idea.
