Widow

The last line of a paragraph following the rest, or a single line in a paragraph that is out of place with the rest.

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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.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

A term that means the smallest amount of work that can be done to move a project forward.

Die Cut

A type of print/design created with a metal stamp to create a shape out of paper using a die cutting machine. Die cuts can be used in apparel, home decor and promotional products.

Legibility

How well or poorly something can be read.

Stem

The part of a letter, usually a vertical line, that rise above the x-height.

Typography

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

JPEG Image

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group, an international standards body that sets standards for creating and handling compressed digital images. The JPEG file format was designed to balance good visual quality and small file size, typically through lossy compression. The JPEG file format is widely used as a means of compressing digital images, particularly those produced by digital cameras.

Microcopy

The small, non-essential text that appears on an interface. It has been set up specifically to be short and concise to draw attention to an essential user experience.

Bowl

In typography, a bowl is a curved shape used to control the area of white space.

Body-storming

A UX design technique to explore and map out a service, product, or system through physical navigation, often completed at the start of a design process to provide designers with an understanding of how users will navigate the system. In addition, body-storming can be used in development to test functionality or measure ease of use.

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