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| Anchor point | basic component of paths, which appear at the start and end of every path or where it changes direction |
| Area type | uses the boundaries of an area created by dragging a marquee with the type tool to control the flow of text. |
| Artboard | the area that contains the printable part of your artwork |
| Bezier | a curved segment of a path which uses handles to control the shape of the curve |
| Closed path | a continuous path that has no beginning or end, for example a circle or rectangle |
| Drawing | using shapes or other tools such as the pen or pencil to simulate the experience of drawing on paper |
| Fill | to put a color, gradient, or pattern into an object |
| Gradients | filling an object with a smooth transition from one color to another |
| Image trace | a tool in a vector program will take a raster image or scanned drawing and automatically convert it to paths, based on selected settings. |
| Line segment | part of a line that has an anchor point one each end |
| Lines | an open ended path with two anchor points |
| Objects | any shape, image, or text that can be moved, scaled, or edited |
| Open path | one or more paths for which the start point and end point are not the same, for example a straight or curved line |