Heuristic Evaluation

A usability assessment method that is used to evaluate a design against established usability principles or heuristics. It is based on the idea that designers can use their experience to find areas of poor design without extensive user testing.

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Design Sprint

A way to create and test designs. Designers use design sprints as a time-intensive method of quickly testing ideas and then pivoting into designing for user needs. A designer may then take the prototype they created on the first day of the design sprint and fix any usability issues with it, which is a quick way to get feedback on their work before continuing development.

Load More Scrolling

A design technique employed on websites and mobile apps that encourages users to scroll to view additional content.

Shade

The relative lightness or darkness of a hue.

Crop Marks

Also called trim marks, are markings on artwork that tells the printer where to cut the page.

Stem

The part of a letter, usually a vertical line, that rise above the x-height.

DPI

The print resolution of a printer. It's a measure of how many dots per inch can be printed on paper. Higher DPI means more detail and smoother transitions between colours.

RAW Image

A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.

Type Classification

A system used to describe and identify typefaces by their basic visual characteristics.

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.

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.

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