puppy name...

[designingdani]

A little off topic but I just got a puppy (female) and I'm trying to come up with a name that incorporates graphic design or an art term and I thought this might be the place to find some creative thinkers. I really want to call her jpeg but my husband vetoed it. Any ideas?

[macworkerbee]

Hmmm, off the top of my head I can think of Kern and Track as two good ones.

[Sun Baked]

Stay away from the dog name from the movie The Jerk, even though that is likely something you'd call your graphic design boss.

[shecky]

naming her after a typeface would be a good start.

Filosifia
Didot
Cheltenham
Syntax
Meta
Mrs Eaves

etc...

[chainprayer]

naming her after a typeface would be a good start.

"Come here Times New Roman Bold 14 Point! Good dog!"

[iTeen]

Rico.

Now thats a cool name.

[ProwlingTiger]

Tiff?
PSD (pronouncing it as pissed)
PNG (pronouncing it as pinge)

[klymr]

Pica?

[r.j.s]

I second the name Pica, sounds good.

[ezekielrage_99]

Comic Sans?
Arial?
Wingdings?
Myriad?

[Ntombi]

Pica sounds good, but you may be tempting fate, considering the chewing habits of puppies to begin with. ;)


Pica: an abnormal desire to eat substances (as chalk, feces, soap, or ashes) not normally eaten


I think I'd have an easier time helping you pick a name if I saw a picture. :D

[DDar]

Tak?
Penelope?
Santa Monica?
Pax?

[klymr]

Pica sounds good, but you may be tempting fate, considering the chewing habits of puppies to begin with. ;)


Pica: an abnormal desire to eat substances (as chalk, feces, soap, or ashes) not normally eaten


I think I'd have an easier time helping you pick a name if I saw a picture. :D

Let's focus on this definition:

pica 1 |ˈpīkə|
noun Printing
a unit of type size and line length equal to 12 points (about 1/6 inch or 4.2 mm).
• a size of letter in typewriting, with 10 characters to the inch (about 3.9 to the centimeter).
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Anglo-Latin pica (literally ‘magpie’ ), commonly identified with a 15th-cent. book of rules about ecclesiastical feasts, but no edition of such a pica printed in “pica” type is known.

[DigiCatRedux]

Artsy, Graphics names?

Hmm. Moire : 1. The effect of superimposing a repetitive design, such as a grid, on the same or a different design in order to produce a pattern distinct from its components.
2. The perceived distortion or flickering of printed or displayed high-contrast images.
bonus: sounds french. Because it is.

CMYK : (pronounced "see-mick"). stupid? you bet. unique? uh-huh.

Dummy : 1. Simulation of the final product. Also called Mockup.
But that might be mean & hurt Pets self-esteem.

Intaglio : - A type of print making method.

Kerning : 1. The narrowing of space between two letters so that they become closer and take up less space on the page.

Vignette : 1. A photo or illustration, in which the tones fade gradually away until they blend with the background they are printed on.

Scum : 1. Unwanted deposits of ink in the non-image area of a printed piece.
Erm- second thought, lets forget this one... :p

Hope these helped, or at least gave you pause to think!
-DC-

[Nicolecat]

Aww...what kind of puppy is it?

I like:
-Vector (it kind of sounds like Victor)
-Bezier (You could call her Bezzy for short)
-Bevel (Bev for short)

:D

Have fun picking names...post pics if you have them?

[ThirteenXIII]

Lucinda?
sounds very feminine and a unique name (not to mention a nice font to me atleast hehe)

[bsheridan]

Ken Burns named after the Ken Burns Effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns_Effect) :D

[Chappers]

How about "Smudge"

[chaosbunny]

Intuos, Pixel, Brush... spontaneous ideas.

My cat is named after my favorite font: "Fago"

[Ntombi]

Let's focus on this definition:

pica 1 |ˈpīkə|
noun Printing
a unit of type size and line length equal to 12 points (about 1/6 inch or 4.2 mm).
• a size of letter in typewriting, with 10 characters to the inch (about 3.9 to the centimeter).
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Anglo-Latin pica (literally ‘magpie’ ), commonly identified with a 15th-cent. book of rules about ecclesiastical feasts, but no edition of such a pica printed in “pica” type is known.

Yes, I was assuming we all knew that one, so I was reminding her of the other definition, which might have been appropriate, depending on the puppy's behavior. :)

[Trajectory]

Lorem Ipsum

Swatch

Zapfina (fem version of Zapfino)

Pixel

Adobe

Polygon

[alecgold]

I second PIXEL.
That is a nice name, not offensive, funny, and short enough.

[rdowns]

I had a cat named Abstract when I was a kid. Always liked the name.

[hessdesigns]

I like pica, but if it's black, white, or black and white, how about the art term Chiaroscuro? (The Italian term for light and dark.) While that's kind of a mouthful, you could call her Chiara (pronounced Key-ar-uh) for short...?

[Cabbit]

Chiyo
Fetch
Cat-Food
Shigure (the dog from Fruits basket, don't think many dogs will share the name)
Ben
Kipper

[TEG]

Ruler
Gradient
Deca (10)
Rhombus
Smidge

TEG

[SwiftLives]

Kern?

Stem?

Name her whatever Pantone number she's closest to?

[ChicoWeb]

Oh, I like vector.

[brad.c]

In the true spirit of graphic design, might I suggest:

Revision

I had a cat named Abstract when I was a kid. Always liked the name.

I thought that was a cows name?

[likeavaliant]

milton

[scotty96LSC]

Although my first choice is pixel, how about:
Adobe
Render
Pantone
Lucinda

[tyranna]

these offerings are related to desktop publishing or the print process.

velox - a registered kodak term used generically to describe a type of prepress proof or camera-ready artwork.
quark - as in quarkXpress
cyan - part of the cmyk setup.
knockout - a portion of an image that has been removed. (i think KO sounds cute.)
gif - graphics interchange format.
rez - a nickname for resolution.

[Chappers]

Do you think the OP will come back and tell us what name was chosen?

[ski2moro]

Another vote for Adobe.

My brother named his dog, Adobe. It was a great dog.

After hearing the name, his elderly father in law said, "Why did you name your dog Dopey?" Turn up the hearing aid, Dad.

[scotty96LSC]

I hope designingdani lets us know what she decides. Oh, and we will need pictures.

[Ntombi]

Seriously. I keep checking this thread for a name and pics.

[fluidedge]

i like pixel - could be "pixie" for short

[Chappers]

The OP hasn't posted on site since she started the thread.

[onegirlcreative]

I vote for Helvetica. You can call him/her "Hel" for short. :rolleyes: