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.
Commonly used to describe a 2D graphic that is made up of an organized grid of pixels, in other words, a bitmap.
A style of typeface that uses a width-to-height ratio of 1:1.
A type of design where the colours or tones gradually change from one colour to another. Gradients are often used in graphic design to add visual interest and give the appearance of "extensions" or "glosses" of a particular colour.
A type of design technique utilised in the creation of visuals and illustrations. Blur is used to create an impression of movement or a sense of depth.
A theory in psychology that discusses the general idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It's based on a human need to search for stability and meaning, which leads to organic movements towards wholeness. Gestalt Theory assumes there are inherent flaws in how we perceive forms and patterns, and it holds that this innate tendency transforms into an active process of looking for order in reality.
Vector graphics are made up of two sets of points: control points (which determine shape) and anchor points (determining length). Anchor points attach geometry to form a shape like a ball or a heart.
Colours on the opposite side of the colour wheel to warm colours. Typically bluish in tone, such as blue or green.
A letter, symbol, or another alphabet unit.
A Tagged Image File Format is a file format for storing images losslessly.
The process of adjusting the spacing between individual letters to improve or avoid particular visual distortions.