Call to action (CTA / C2A)

An element that prompts viewers to take a desired course of action. This type of marketing technique is used by businesses and marketers to increase page visits or sales in a certain period.

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Monospace

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

Tittle

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

Lowercase

The designation of a set of character encoding styles for glyphs that are not capital letters.

Printer's Proof

A print that the printer receives to monitor the progress of production. Proofing is a matter of looking at the print to ensure that it has been printed correctly and that the colours are rendered accurately.

Scale

The distance between two points of extrusion or an object. It can also be defined as the measurement of size.

Load More Scrolling

A design technique employed on websites and mobile apps that encourages users to scroll to view additional content.

Terminal

The end (straight or curved) of any stroke that doesn’t include a serif. Some typefaces feature ball terminals on letters such as the ‘f’, ‘a’, and ‘c’.

Design Sprint

A way to create and test designs. Designers use design sprints as a time-intensive method of quickly testing ideas and then pivoting into designing for user needs. A designer may then take the prototype they created on the first day of the design sprint and fix any usability issues with it, which is a quick way to get feedback on their work before continuing development.

Placeholder Text

Text that is used to fill in a gap in a document.

Repetition

The use of repeating elements and motifs for decorative purposes. In design, repetition occurs in many ways. It can be achieved by using a shape or design element in a pattern, and it can also be achieved through the use of multiple shapes or motifs that have similarities

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