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EARTH COLORS— Pigments made from earth minerals.
EDGE— The border or outline of a form or shape.
EDIT— To check, add, or delete.
EDIT CONTROLLER— A machine that locates the beginning and end of a
scene used for cueing VCRs for presentation.
EGGOIL TEMPERA— An opaque watercolor similar to egg-based tempura
but with an added oil that makes the medium easier to handle and adaptable
to a wider range of effects.
EGG TEMPURA— An opaque watercolor paint that uses egg yoke as a
binder.
ELECTRONIC IMAGING— The creation, enhancement, and alteration of
images through electronic or computer digitization.
ELEVATION— A four-view drawing of a structure showing front, sides, and
rear.
ELITE— A type size for typewriters approximating 10 point printing type
having 12 characters to the linear inch of copy and 6 lines to the vertical
inch.
ELLIPSE— The enclosed plane forming a regular oval where the shortest
dimension through the center is the minor axis and the longest dimension is
the major axis.
EM— A measure of type equal to the square of the type body, derived from
early type practices in which the letter M was cast on a square body.
EMPHASIS— Stress or accent on any part of a design or picture.
EMULSION— A suspension of fine drops or globules of one liquid in
another liquid.
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