Legibility

How well or poorly something can be read.

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Colour Palette

A specific set of colours, usually with a limited number of values, chosen to suit the needs of a particular design.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

A term that means the smallest amount of work that can be done to move a project forward.

Design Debt

A concept used in systems design to describe the negative consequences of making seemingly innocuous design changes. Shorthand for a product's delayed but inevitable need to be reworked due to earlier, seemingly trivial decisions not having been fully thought through in the original release.

Designers incur this "debt" by making quick and easy choices that save time in the present but cause more complex problems later on down the road when it becomes necessary to change or add something.

Kerning

The process of adjusting the spacing between individual letters to improve or avoid particular visual distortions.

Font Weight

The thickness or thinness of a typeface. Common font weights are light, regular/normal, semi-bold, bold and extra bold.

Icon

A small picture or design that represents an idea, function, or some other type of visual concept. For example, in computer graphics and web development, an icon is a pictorial representation of a program or file type.

Responsive Design

The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.

Wordmark

A logo which is usually a combination of text and graphic imagery that acts as the company's symbol.

Stock Photo

A photograph that is purchased and licensed for exclusive use by an individual or business.

Usability Testing

A process in which subjects use a product or service under test conditions and report their experience.

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