How well or poorly something can be read.
Layout is a defining characteristic of design. It dictates the positioning of content and design elements. Layouts can range from the simple, such as a four- or two-column layout, to more complex designs like grids with multiple hierarchy levels.
The primary graphic that appears at the top of a webpage, designed to grab people's attention.
Small uppercase letters, generally about half as tall as regular uppercase letters.
Also called trim marks, are markings on artwork that tells the printer where to cut the page.
Framing consisting of cutting off or obscuring most of the surrounding of a subject, removing distractions from the background and emphasising the subject.
A selector that can be applied to any HTML element. Classes should be used when designing for multiple instances. For example, if you want all <h1> tags in the website to look blue, then you could use the class="blue-text" attribute.
A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.
A generic term for adding colour to an image. A tint can be applied by darkening a colour to create different shades or lightening the saturation, creating a washed-out look.
The designation of a set of character encoding styles for glyphs that are not capital letters.
The distance from the baseline to the top of a capital letter, number, or other upper-case glyphs.