Logotype

The typographic presentation of a company's name in a stylized form.

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Serif

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

White Space

The area of negative space around and between elements in a design.

Type Classification

A system used to describe and identify typefaces by their basic visual characteristics.

Readability

A measure of the ease of understanding text.

Brutalism

A style of architecture and design that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Brutalist buildings are typically characterised by durability, simplicity, and an emphasis on form following function. Brutalism is not a single style but an umbrella term for architecture with a stark and futuristic look.

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.

Font Case

The way characters are capitalised within a word or phrase. Common font cases are uppercase, lowercase, capitalised (or title case) and sentence case.

Body-storming

A UX design technique to explore and map out a service, product, or system through physical navigation, often completed at the start of a design process to provide designers with an understanding of how users will navigate the system. In addition, body-storming can be used in development to test functionality or measure ease of use.

DPI

The print resolution of a printer. It's a measure of how many dots per inch can be printed on paper. Higher DPI means more detail and smoother transitions between colours.

UX Audit

A discipline that analyses the usability of an application by assessing its interaction design and user experience.

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