A design or decoration impressed into the surface of a material.
The use of light or dark objects positioned over colourful backgrounds. Blurred backdrops allow bright colours to come through and convey a sense of frosted glass.
The surface quality of an element.
A form of typographic ornament used by a type designer for decorative purposes. Common ligatures are based on joining two or more letters together, often with figures embedded in the design
The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.
The width and height of a document, after having been cut down to size from a larger sheet.
A framework that helps a company evaluate any aspect of its user experience according to five metrics, which form the acronym HEART. These metrics are: 1. Happiness 2. Engagement 3. Adoption 4. Retention 5. Task success
An abbreviation for Portable Document Format. The PDF format was originally developed to share documents between different operating systems in the late 1980s. Any text document, image or page layout can be saved as a PDF file that includes all of the font information needed to display it without losing quality.
A sample of the target audience for which a product or service is intended.
A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.
The height of a font, measured in points or pixels.