Typography and Vector Tools Flashcards

What does the 'Baseline Shift' control in the Character panel do?

Answer: Moves selected characters up or down relative to the text baseline

Baseline Shift raises or lowers selected characters above or below the baseline without affecting other characters on the same line.

Which Photoshop vector tool creates shapes constrained to predefined proportions when you hold Shift?

Answer: Rectangle tool

Holding Shift while dragging with the Rectangle tool constrains it to a perfect square.

In Photoshop's Paragraph panel, what does 'Adobe Single-line Composer' prioritize?

Answer: Spacing and breaks on each line independently

The Single-line Composer evaluates each line independently for breaks and spacing, while the Every-line Composer considers the whole paragraph.

What happens when you use the Subtract Front Shape operation when combining two vector shapes?

Answer: The front shape is removed and its area is cut out from the back shape

Subtract Front Shape removes the overlapping area of the front shape from the underlying shape, creating a cutout.

Which anti-aliasing option in Photoshop produces the sharpest text at small sizes?

Answer: Sharp

The Sharp anti-aliasing method renders text with the least blurring, keeping edges crisper especially at small point sizes.

Which option lets you specify that a text box should resize automatically to fit its content rather than overflow?

Answer: Point Type (click to place type, not drag)

Point type (created by clicking, not dragging) expands horizontally to fit content, unlike area type which is constrained to a bounding box.

What does the Pen tool's 'Rubber Band' option do when enabled in the tool options bar?

Answer: Shows a preview of the path segment before you click to set the next anchor point

The Rubber Band option displays a live preview of the path segment between the last anchor and the current cursor position before you click.