Texture

The surface quality of an element.

More terms you might want to know

Descenders

The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.

Bracket

The word "bracket" is often used to refer to parentheses and is written as either [] or () and used to delimit blocks of text, e.g. a set of instructions. Within brackets, items are arranged from left to right in order of precedence.

Slab Serif

A type of serif, characterized by large x-heights and thick, blocky strokes with little variation in width.

Font Style

Designers and developers use font styles to denote differences in meaning between two or more words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or blocks of text. Typical font styles in CSS and web development are normal, italic, oblique and inherit.

Readability

A measure of the ease of understanding text.

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.

Pull Quote

A brief snippet taken from the text of an article.

Style Guide

A group of rules, guidelines, and/or standards designers use when producing artwork or branded projects ensuring that they have the desired appearance and are compliant with usage guidelines.

Tittle

The typographic term for the dot above the letters 'i' and 'j'.

Calligraphy

The art of decorative writing practised by many different people in many different cultures. Calligraphy is sometimes used to add a personal touch to wedding invitations, special event invitations, and other projects.

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