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Air.
Aire.White space used in a story or page design.
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Airbrush.
Aerógrafo / Aerografía.Equipment that scatters pulverized ink by using compressed air. Used in graphic artwork, fine arts and photography retouch. Photoshop has a brush with this name and this same effect for image creation or retouch.
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Alignment.
Alineación.Position of the multiple elements of a layout (art and type), relative to the layout itself but also to the elements, to one another. It also refers to the arrangement of the type within a line or a block of text.
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All caps.
Tipografía en caja alta.Type using exclusively capital letters.
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Antique figures / Elzevirian figures.
Cifras elzevirianas / Cifras antiguas.Figures based on the x-height of a typeface.
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Ascender.
Asta ascendente.It refers to the part of a letter extending above the x-height.
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Attribution.
Atribución.In a quote, is the line where the source is identified.
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Axis.
Eje.