Computer Science 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kerning, Arpanet, Digital One

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: ALL

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C: contrast avoid making 2 elements just similar, make them the same or very different. R: repetition repeat some aspect of the design. A: alignment align items to make a cohesive unit. Tracking: adjusting the distance between all the letters. Monitor: rectangular area broken down into ve4ry small pieces. Pixels: dots/thread to represent any image on screen each pixel can only have one colour. Serif: fancy writing (little things on the end of s) Compuiters use electricity and can distinguish between a high and low volt o. Byte: 8 bits, 1 byte for each letter, 2^8 256 different characters. Digit is 1: get the place value of the digit and calculate 2^ of it. Example: 8 inch by 10 inch image, find pixels. Quantizing discrete values to represent the image a. Has to be printed at 300 o o o. Dpi does not change file size, only pixels do.