The setting on a camera's lens which controls how much light comes into the camera. Aperture settings can usually be set to F-stop values ranging from F1.4-F22. The higher the aperture value, the smaller the opening is, and vice versa, which affects the depth of field in photos and how much light reaches and illuminates a subject or scene in a photo.
The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.
A design or decoration impressed into the surface of a material.
Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.
The main text of an advertisement or editorial as opposed to headings and subheadings.
Also known as an Ishikawa diagram, is a widely used technique in project management. The diagram provides a means of evaluating the cause-and-effect relationship between the various activities necessary for completing a project by visualising all activities in the project as bones that interconnect on an anterior and posterior spine, with causality flowing from one to another.
A measure of the ease of understanding text.
In typography, a bowl is a curved shape used to control the area of white space.
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.
Red, green, and blue. These colours can be used to form a wide variety of colours in different devices such as computer monitors and televisions.
The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.