A usability assessment method that is used to evaluate a design against established usability principles or heuristics. It is based on the idea that designers can use their experience to find areas of poor design without extensive user testing.
The ratio of a rectangle's width to its height. It is measured by dividing the shorter side length, here "w" or width, by the longer side length, "h" or height. The aspect ratio may be given as either a fraction or as a decimal.
The surface quality of an element.
A type of font designed to imitate handwriting.
The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.
Also known as caps, a type property that specifies that all letters in a body of text are capitalised.
A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.
A printing press that uses movable type and punches to make impressions on paper.
The degree of difference between the two sides of an object or system.
Designers and developers use font styles to denote differences in meaning between two or more words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or blocks of text. Typical font styles in CSS and web development are normal, italic, oblique and inherit.
A type of design that features the strokes running predominantly from the upper left to the lower right.
It can also be used in reference to a type of lettering, typically for advertisements, to be read in either direction. It is also used to help the reader navigate through and around the advertisement.