The part of lowercase letters that goes above the baseline when used in running text. As such, ascenders are considered less condensed than those used for numerals and other capital letters. Some examples of ascenders include b, d, h, k, and l. The opposite of an ascender is a descender.
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’.
The designation of a set of character encoding styles for glyphs that are not capital letters.
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.
The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.
A colour that appears to be pure and lacks any lightness (or tone) or saturation.
The part of a letter, usually a vertical line, that rise above the x-height.
A type of font that comes pre-installed in an operating system.
The process of adjusting the spacing between individual letters to improve or avoid particular visual distortions.
When you need to break a line of text and start on a new line in a text box.
The intensity of a color relative to its own brightness. Colours are said to be saturated when they have a strong hue and high intensity.