The process of applying a thin layer of foil to paper coated with adhesive on one side.
A textual or graphical component in a web page.
The placement or otherwise of a thing in relation to other things. In design, proximity may be considered as the distance between two items in space or their relative location to each other.
A graphic representation, such as an icon, of a company or brand. Pictorial marks can be used on marketing materials to communicate the intentions and personality of the company. Factors such as colour, placement, and shape are significant in how the general public perceives a pictorial mark.
The distance between two points of extrusion or an object. It can also be defined as the measurement of size.
CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are a language for describing the look and formatting of HTML elements in a webpage.
A type of serif, characterized by large x-heights and thick, blocky strokes with little variation in width.
Usually the first functional form of a new product, created to test a concept or prove out some aspects of design.
The unused or empty space in a composition of images, either two-dimensional (as with paintings) or three-dimensional (as with sculptures).
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.
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.