The thickness or thinness of a typeface. Common font weights are light, regular/normal, semi-bold, bold and extra bold.
The ratio of a rectangle's width to its height. It is measured by dividing the shorter side length, here "w" or width, by the longer side length, "h" or height. The aspect ratio may be given as either a fraction or as a decimal.
Also known as a suspension point, is a series of dots (…) that is used either as a substitute for some text that has been omitted from a sentence or when the author does not wish to pause in their writing.
The adjustment of all characters in a line by moving them closer together or farther apart.
Scope creep is when the scope of a project starts to grow without any agreement on how it's going to be paid for. Creep happens because items and features are tacked on top of the original scope of work agreed upon in the original contract.
A basic design tool that helps designers create and communicate ideas.
The distance from the baseline to the top of a capital letter, number, or other upper-case glyphs.
A design language developed by Google. The goal of Material Design was to create fluid, natural movement for users on any platform they happen to be using.
A well-known UI element in computer applications. It's an expandable menu of context-specific commands typically launched from the application's main menu.
The intensity of a color relative to its own brightness. Colours are said to be saturated when they have a strong hue and high intensity.
The meeting point where two lines cross.