Balance

The principle of both sides of an object having a sense of symmetry. It ensures that the weight and visual mass are distributed evenly on both sides of a surface. Balance is more important than symmetry because people don't often notice when something is asymmetrical, but they will always see if something is unbalanced.

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User Interface (UI)

A type of graphical interface that allows the user to interact with the application on a screen, such as a computer monitor or smartphone, using various types of input devices.

Crop Marks

Also called trim marks, are markings on artwork that tells the printer where to cut the page.

Warm Colours

Colours on the same side of the colour wheel as red, such as pink, orange and yellow.

Tint

A generic term for adding colour to an image. A tint can be applied by darkening a colour to create different shades or lightening the saturation, creating a washed-out look.

Thumbnail Sketch

A quick and rough sketch of what you are about to work on. Good for getting the ideas out of your head and onto the page while you're still in that creative phase.

Font Colour

Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.

Isolation Effect

A psychological principle which predicts that when multiple homogeneous stimuli are presented, the stimulus which differs from the rest is most likely to be remembered. In other words, people tend to remember items in isolation more than those of a similar nature or objects in clusters. This phenomenon has been applied in designing websites and software with various levels of success.

Placeholder Text

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

Persona

A sample of the target audience for which a product or service is intended.

Tittle

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

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