Letterpress

A printing press that uses movable type and punches to make impressions on paper.

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Right-aligned

Text that flows from right to left and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the right margin.

Interaction Design

The design of the interaction between users and products. Interaction design is focused on creating products that enable the user to achieve their objective(s) in the best way possible.

Stock Photo

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

Hero Image

The primary graphic that appears at the top of a webpage, designed to grab people's attention.

Zeigarnik Effect

A psychological phenomenon that states that people tend to remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.

Responsive Design

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

Vector

A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.

Pictorial Mark

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.

Resolution

The measure of a device or computer system's ability to capture fine detail. A higher number of pixels can provide more details and finer images on the screen.

Fishbone Diagram

Also known as an Ishikawa diagram, is a widely used technique in project management. The diagram provides a means of evaluating the cause-and-effect relationship between the various activities necessary for completing a project by visualising all activities in the project as bones that interconnect on an anterior and posterior spine, with causality flowing from one to another.

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