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Leading
The vertical spacing between lines of text.
List
Text that is categorized, be it bulleted, numbered, or unnumbered.
The default list bullets and numbers are black with no special effects.
To make a bulleted list using graphic images as bullets, web graphic
designers use a table format.
The following is an unordered, or bulleted, list:
- Logo design services
- Web graphics services
- Banner design services
The following is an ordered, or numbered, list:
- Logo design services
- Web graphics services
- Banner design services
Lossless Compression
In graphic design, lossless compression refers to a data compression
technique where the file quality is preserved and no data is lost. Lossless
compression is commonly used on GIF
images, but can only reduce file size to about half of its original
size. Lossy compression, by contrast, eliminates some data can further
decrease file size.
Lossy Compression
A term coined by graphics programmers to refer to a technique of shrinking
file sizes by giving away some precision of detail. JPEG
is an example of a file that is compressed this way. By reducing the
so-called quality of a picture when you save it, you can make the file
size smaller. Many photos can take of loss of fine detail before it
becomes noticeable on a web page.
LPI
Abbreviation for Lines Per Inch.
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