Glossary

alpha

The transparency of an object (or pixel). If an object with a non-maximal value of alpha is placed over another object, the second object will be visible under the first. In Inkscape, a value of Alpha of 255 means the object is completely opaque while a value of 0 means it is fully transparent (not visible).

Animated Portable Network Graphic (APNG)

An open standard for animated bitmap graphics, the animated parallel of the PNG standard and an alternative to MNG. There seems to be little support for format.

baseline

For text, the line on which most characters (i.e., ‘x’) rest. Some characters such as ‘p’ extend significantly below the baseline. Other characters such as ‘O’ usually extend a small amount below the baseline so that they ...

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