The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.
A printing term that describes how close an object is to the edge of a printed page. Bleeds are often used in graphic design for books, magazines, posters and other printed materials with photographs or illustrations.
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.
Also called a line break, when you want to keep the text in one paragraph and not follow it with an airy space.
A type of text used as filler or placeholder text. Since the dawn of time, it has been around and is sometimes erroneously referred to as "a nonsense sentence used by printers who have run out of typesetting space".
The design of the interaction between users and products. Interaction design is focused on creating products that enable the user to achieve their objective(s) in the best way possible.
A process in which subjects use a product or service under test conditions and report their experience.
The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.
CMYK is a colour space created for the printing process. It stands for Cyan Magenta Yellow Key (black).
All available space (line-height) between two consecutive lines of text; this measurement should be adjusted for either ascenders or descenders. In hand typesetting, leading referred to thin strips of lead inserted by hand between lines of type in the composing stick to increase vertical distance.
The part of a letter, usually a vertical line, that rise above the x-height.