Pica

A unit of measurement that equals 1/6 of an inch, or 1/72 of a foot.

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Pixel

A pixel, or a picture element, is the smallest addressable element in a display device.

Font Weight

The thickness or thinness of a typeface. Common font weights are light, regular/normal, semi-bold, bold and extra bold.

Triadic Colours

A triad is a group of three colours that are equally spaced on the colour wheel.

Right-aligned

Text that flows from right to left and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the right margin.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

A term that means the smallest amount of work that can be done to move a project forward.

User Journey Map

A diagram that reflects the processes and steps a user would take when completing a certain task or goal. The User Journey Map also highlights the key activities, touchpoints, stakeholders, and benefits of an experience. In order to develop an effective strategy that helps guide users through the process of reaching their goals and objectives, the User Journey Map provides a comprehensive view of how your customers will navigate towards achieving their goals.

Wireframe

A low-fidelity representation of a user interface design.

Display Typface

Typefaces that are used across large bodies of text like headlines. Text typefaces are generally more varied than body-text typefaces.

Isolation Effect

A psychological principle which predicts that when multiple homogeneous stimuli are presented, the stimulus which differs from the rest is most likely to be remembered. In other words, people tend to remember items in isolation more than those of a similar nature or objects in clusters. This phenomenon has been applied in designing websites and software with various levels of success.

HEART Framework

A framework that helps a company evaluate any aspect of its user experience according to five metrics, which form the acronym HEART. These metrics are: 1. Happiness 2. Engagement 3. Adoption 4. Retention 5. Task success

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