Tittle

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

More terms you might want to know

Triadic Colours

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

Thumbnail Sketch

A quick and rough sketch of what you are about to work on. Good for getting the ideas out of your head and onto the page while you're still in that creative phase.

Lorem Ipsum

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".

Monogram

An iconic design that is made up of two or three letters.

Full-stack Developer

A software developer who designs, develops, maintains and supports the entire end-to-end product. These developers are capable of developing and implementing modern solutions to any industry problem. They typically work with different technologies such as mobile application development, web application development, back-end software development and front-end software development.

Pagination

A technique used to sequentially present items in a list or other data set that are too long to display at one time.

Shade

The relative lightness or darkness of a hue.

Warm Colours

Colours on the same side of the colour wheel as red, such as pink, orange and yellow.

Skeuomorphism

The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.

Negative Space

The unused or empty space in a composition of images, either two-dimensional (as with paintings) or three-dimensional (as with sculptures).

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