32. Comps or Comprehensive?
There is a rampant misunderstanding in the graphic design industry about what the word comp stands for; however, it is likely that every graphic designer understands a comp to be essentially a draft version or mock-up of a design.
My own disorganized and random survey results clearly show that most of you who are reading this are under the mistaken assumption that the word comp is a derivative of the word composition. While it is easy to see where this confusion comes from, the word comp is actually a short version of comprehensive or composite. Although the word composition stems from the same Latin root word as the words composite or comprehensive, there are small differences in their definitions that can make big ...
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