Lowercase

The designation of a set of character encoding styles for glyphs that are not capital letters.

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Opacity

The measure of how easily light passes through a material. It is a quantitative characteristic that can be represented as a number within the range of [0, 1], and in some cases [0%,100%], with lower numbers indicating higher transparency.

User Research

A field of study that aims to understand the user experience of a product or service. Conducting UX research includes interviewing, observing, and surveying users. Understanding the user experience is important because it helps designers understand how to design a better product that will be more appealing and usable for people.

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.

Mock-up

A non-functional first draft of a design.

Type Properties

The attributes of a typeface. Type properties include weight, width, colour and x-height.

Cap Height

The distance from the baseline to the top of a capital letter, number, or other upper-case glyphs.

PNG Image

A PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file is a bitmap image format that has been designed to store images with an alpha channel. This format is primarily used for transparency so that it can be placed over other graphics in many design applications.

Scale

The distance between two points of extrusion or an object. It can also be defined as the measurement of size.

Stem

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

Symmetry

The arrangement of different elements in relation to each other so that they appear to be mirrored. Symmetrical designs can be found throughout art and architecture, as well as in nature.

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