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Corporate Design Glossary

Cap Height
Height of the capital letters. During the era of lead typesetting the height of the lead base on which a raised letter was molded defined the size of the type. The versal height is measured on the capital “H” of the respective typeface.
CMYK
The abbreviation stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, which form the basis of process-color printing. This is a subtractive color model.
Co-Branding
“Co-branding” refers to activities in which Daimler Truck appears together with other companies or organizations, or even in connection with its own product or service brands.
Color Calibration
For the correct reproduction of pictures in the printing process all the equipment used, e.g. color monitor and graphics card, color printer and imagesetters should be aligned to one another so that these numerically defined values for cyan, magenta, yellow and black are displayed concordantly. This alignment is referred to as calibration.
Color Correction
Techniques for enhancing the color display of images and typography and removing color faults from printed pictures.
Color Depth
Describes the number of colors present in an image. The color depth is specified in bit stages. Images with a high color depth often need significantly more memory than images with low color depth.
Color Hue
Unique feature of a color created by varying wavelengths of light.
Color Palette/Color System
This refers to the controlled interaction of multiple colors. The Daimler Truck color palette includes the primary color White, the corporate logotype color (Black), the surface color Light Grey, and the accent colors Petrol and Yellow.
Corporate Brand
The entirety of all cultural and physical properties of an organization including its philosophy.
Corporate Colors
The colors with which a company identifies and presents itself externally and internally.
Corporate Communications (CC)
All forms of corporate communication internally and externally.
Corporate Design (CD)
Corporate Design (CD) refers to the visual identity of a company that forms part of the Corporate Identity.
Corporate Identity (CI)
Is the conscious definition of the identity of a company from its self-perception and the perception others have of it, which describes the company-specific values, objectives and qualities and is transported and imparted with the three main instruments Corporate Design (CD), Corporate Behavior (CB) and Corporate Communications (CC).
Corporate Language
The way in which companies communicate in a uniform manner in the spoken and written word.
Corporate Logotype
It can be a picture, a word or a combination of words and pictures. Colloquially, it is often referred to as “logo.”
Corporate Logotype Color
Black.

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