Web Page Elements

A textual or graphical component in a web page.

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RAW Image

A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.

HTML

A language used to create web pages, and it stands for Hypertext Markup Language.

Vector

A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.

Card Sorting

A UX design technique in which you divide your users into groups, show them cards with different names for unrelated objects and ask them to categorise them.

Pantone (PMS)

The Pantone Matching System is a colour-matching system for printing inks. It is a proprietary colour-matching system that was developed so that when an artist picks PMS colour or swatch, they can be confident in knowing what colours would be produced no matter the application.

Hex Code

A way of expressing colours on digital media. To specify a hex code, you need to consider the three primary colours: red, green and blue. The hex code is always six characters long and looks like this: #RRGGBB and their values range from 00 to FF.

Typography

The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.

Stroke

The path of any movement, mark, shape, or other feature of a design. It can be the border of an element or even the tight edge of a text box, etc.

Opacity

The measure of how easily light passes through a material. It is a quantitative characteristic that can be represented as a number within the range of [0, 1], and in some cases [0%,100%], with lower numbers indicating higher transparency.

Copy

The written information that accompanies a design.

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