Character

A letter, symbol, or another alphabet unit.

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Skeuomorphism

The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.

Readability

A measure of the ease of understanding text.

Character Set

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

Small Caps

Small uppercase letters, generally about half as tall as regular uppercase letters.

EPS File

An Encapsulated PostScript file (.eps) is a vector graphics format. EPS files are typically used to exchange artwork between different design programs, such as Adobe Illustrator and other vector graphics applications, including CorelDRAW, Inkscape, SIAE Draw and others. EPS files can also be used to provide a file format for print.

Greyscale / Grayscale

Black, white, and all the values of shades in between.

Dark Pattern

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

Aperture

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.

Conversion Rate

The number of visits that result in a purchase or some other goal. It can measure any conversion event, such as download, registration, purchase, etc.

HTML

A language used to create web pages, and it stands for Hypertext Markup Language.

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