Soft Return

Also called a line break, when you want to keep the text in one paragraph and not follow it with an airy space.

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Pica

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

Storyboard

A graphical representation of a scenario, usually created and presented in sequence.

Monospace

A style of typeface that uses a width-to-height ratio of 1:1.

Crop Marks

Also called trim marks, are markings on artwork that tells the printer where to cut the page.

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.

Avatar

A graphical representation of the user on a device, used to represent various users in different contexts. It can be a photo, image or drawing.

Texture

The surface quality of an element.

GIF

A file format that supports both static and animated images. It is a popular file format on the internet and social media due to its wide colour support, portability, and animating capabilities.

PSD File

A digital file created in Adobe's illustration and photo manipulation software Photoshop. PSD files are used to edit images, create graphics, art, icons, images, among a plethora of other things.

Analogous Colours

Colours that have a relation in their hue. A colour wheel can be used to help identify analogous colours. Analogous colours are typically found next to each other on the colour wheel.

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