TERMIUM Plus®

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Record 1 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Layout (Graphic Arts)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A small, simple idea sketch for a printed page, showing only rough outlines and no detail of pictures or words.

CONT

A miniature graphical representation of a document page. The thumbnail for the active document visible in the Page View pane also has a view box that you can resize and drag to other positions on the same page by using the hand tool.

OBS

Although rough and thumbnail sketches are often used synonymously, a thumbnail is in fact the smallest possible rough.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maquette et mise en page
  • Infographie
CONT

Établissement de la maquette. Il s'agit pour le graphiste de mettre tout d'abord ses idées sur papier et, par là, de déterminer rapidement la marche à suivre. Les esquisses ne se feront pas au format définitif, mais selon des schémas, la plus petite échelle représentant systématiquement une double page, que les Anglo-Saxons appellent «thumbnails» (tracés en réduction).

Spanish

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