Visual Communication Vocabulary

verb to provide visual representation or examples in order to make something clear or understandable

• The professor used a graph to illustrate the correlation between temperature and ice melting.
• Let me draw a quick diagram to illustrate how the software works.
• I'll sketch it out to illustrate what I mean.
• The artist used vibrant colors to illustrate the emotions of the painting.

adjective relating to or consisting of pictures or symbols

• The ancient civilization used pictographic symbols to communicate their ideas.
• I find it fascinating how pictographic writing can convey so much meaning.
• Check out these cool pictographic emojis I found online!
• Her artwork was like a pictographic representation of her inner thoughts and feelings.

noun a visual representation or image produced by painting, drawing, photography, etc.

• The artist carefully painted a beautiful picture of the landscape.
• I took a picture of my dog playing in the park.
• Let's snap a quick pic before we leave.
• Her words painted a vivid picture of the events that unfolded.

noun the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font

• The graphic designer carefully adjusted the kerning between each letter to ensure optimal spacing.
• I think the kerning on this poster could use some tweaking, it looks a bit off.
• Dude, you need to fix the kerning on your presentation slides, it's hurting my eyes.
• The kerning between them seemed to represent the distance that had grown between their friendship.