Hero Image

The primary graphic that appears at the top of a webpage, designed to grab people's attention.

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Body Copy

The main text of an advertisement or editorial as opposed to headings and subheadings.

Thumbnail

A small, non-preview image that accompanies a larger image. It provides an immediate sense of the content while not necessarily revealing it in its entire scope.

Descenders

The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.

Empathy

A type of understanding that is achieved by taking the perspective of another individual. Different people's perspectives often have different needs and values, so empathy can help you understand those differences.

Warm Colours

Colours on the same side of the colour wheel as red, such as pink, orange and yellow.

Scope Creep

Scope creep is when the scope of a project starts to grow without any agreement on how it's going to be paid for. Creep happens because items and features are tacked on top of the original scope of work agreed upon in the original contract.

Material Design

A design language developed by Google. The goal of Material Design was to create fluid, natural movement for users on any platform they happen to be using.

Alignment

The process of arranging objects in a consistent and even spatial relationship. It can refer to how text is aligned with respect to its margins or how any two or more things are aligned in general.

Typography

The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.

GIF

A file format that supports both static and animated images. It is a popular file format on the internet and social media due to its wide colour support, portability, and animating capabilities.

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