Editing Graphics (section)

{{short description|Visual presentation on some surface}}
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'''Graphics''' ({{etymology|grc|''[[wikt:γραφικός|γραφικός]]'' (graphikós)|pertaining to drawing, painting, writing, etc.}}) are [[visual perception|visual]] [[Image scanner|images]] or [[design]]s on some surface, such as a wall, [[canvas]], screen, [[paper]], or stone, to inform, [[illustration|illustrate]], or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of data, as in design and manufacture, in typesetting and the graphic arts, and in educational and recreational [[software]]. Images that are generated by a computer are called [[Computer graphics (computer science)|computer graphics]].

Examples are [[photograph]]s, [[drawings]], [[line art]], [[graph of a function|mathematical graphs]], [[line chart|line graphs]], [[chart]]s, [[diagram]]s, [[typography]], [[number]]s, [[symbol]]s, [[geometric]] designs, [[map]]s, [[engineering drawing]]s, or other [[image]]s. Graphics often combine [[character (computer)|text]], [[illustration]], and [[color]]. [[Graphic design]] may consist of the deliberate selection, creation, or arrangement of [[typography]] alone, as in a brochure, flyer, poster, web site, or book without any other element. The objective can be clarity or effective communication, association with other cultural elements, or merely the creation of a distinctive style.

Graphics can be functional or artistic. The latter can be a recorded version, such as a [[photograph]], or an interpretation by a scientist to highlight essential features, or an artist, in which case the distinction with imaginary graphics may become blurred. It can also be used for architecture.