Class

A selector that can be applied to any HTML element. Classes should be used when designing for multiple instances. For example, if you want all <h1> tags in the website to look blue, then you could use the class="blue-text" attribute.

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Alignment

The process of arranging objects in a consistent and even spatial relationship. It can refer to how text is aligned with respect to its margins or how any two or more things are aligned in general.

Character

A letter, symbol, or another alphabet unit.

Texture

The surface quality of an element.

Skeuomorphism

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

Infinite Scroll

Generally used when a page has so much content that it would be impossibly long to load the entire page at once. Infinite scroll consists of an auto-generated list of items that constantly loads new items as they load off the bottom of the screen.

Triadic Colours

A triad is a group of three colours that are equally spaced on the colour wheel.

Responsive Design

The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.

Body Copy

The main text of an advertisement or editorial as opposed to headings and subheadings.

Left-aligned

Text that flows from left to right and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the left margin.

Body-storming

A UX design technique to explore and map out a service, product, or system through physical navigation, often completed at the start of a design process to provide designers with an understanding of how users will navigate the system. In addition, body-storming can be used in development to test functionality or measure ease of use.

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