Foil Stamping

The process of applying a thin layer of foil to paper coated with adhesive on one side.

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Hamburger Menu

A well-known UI element in computer applications. It's an expandable menu of context-specific commands typically launched from the application's main menu.

Serif

The small decorative stroke at the end of a stroke in a letter, or a typeface.

Heatmap

A graphical representation of the density and distribution of data points. Denser regions in the image are interpreted as the data points' frequency, while lower densities are interpreted as fewer data points in that area.

Heatmaps show you where people worldwide are clicking on content to help you understand how people interact with your website designs and content.

Script Font

A type of font designed to imitate handwriting.

Design Thinking

An iterative process that designers use to understand the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine the problems to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial level of understanding. Design Thinking provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is a way of thinking and working as well as a collection of hands-on methods.

Interaction Design

The design of the interaction between users and products. Interaction design is focused on creating products that enable the user to achieve their objective(s) in the best way possible.

User Interviews

The act of gathering qualitative data about a person's thoughts and feelings related to a product.

TIFF File

A Tagged Image File Format is a file format for storing images losslessly.

Brand Mark

A logo, symbol, design, or pattern used to promote and distinguish one's brand or company from others.

Resolution

The measure of a device or computer system's ability to capture fine detail. A higher number of pixels can provide more details and finer images on the screen.

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