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.
A unit for defining the size of a font. It's not a distance; this unit's measurement is only relative to the typeface's design.
A sequence of user actions on a website. In UX design, it's important to note the order in which users interact with your site so you can redesign it for optimum usability.
In handwriting and calligraphy, ball terminals are the end of a stroke that resembles a ball. They are also used in some typefaces like cursive or old-style typefaces.
A style of typeface that uses a width-to-height ratio of 1:1.
A measure of the ease of understanding text.
The end (straight or curved) of any stroke that doesn’t include a serif. Some typefaces feature ball terminals on letters such as the ‘f’, ‘a’, and ‘c’.
A portion of an image where the remainder is discarded.
Small uppercase letters, generally about half as tall as regular uppercase letters.
A collage consisting of images, colours and text that is assembled to convey an idea or theme.
A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.