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The name, logo, and other identifying information at the top of a newspaper or magazine publication.

Usually the first functional form of a new product, created to test a concept or prove out some aspects of design.

A set of symbols or "characters" including letters, numbers and various other symbols.

A low-fidelity representation of a user interface design.

The thickness or thinness of a typeface. Common font weights are light, regular/normal, semi-bold, bold and extra bold.

When you need to break a line of text and start on a new line in a text box.

One of the most common types of navigation in UI design. It's usually a system of one or more horizontal buttons placed at the bottom of the screen, directing users to other parts of an app or website. Bottom navigation is often used as an alternative to scrolling or tabbing through links on a page.

A prediction model used in human-computer interaction. It states that the time required to move to a target area rapidly increases as the distance to the target increases. The law was proposed by Paul Fitts, an American psychologist, in 1954 as a mathematical model of movement with limited cognitive capacity.

Fitts hypothesized that one would quickly select its first apparent target when reaching for an object before considering alternatives — a phenomenon called "target fixation." This tendency would increase progressively with increased distance between the subject and object until it eventually became exponential (i.e., too far away).

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.

A type of user interface design carefully crafted to trick people into doing things they might not want to do.