Masthead

The name, logo, and other identifying information at the top of a newspaper or magazine publication.

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Balance

The principle of both sides of an object having a sense of symmetry. It ensures that the weight and visual mass are distributed evenly on both sides of a surface. Balance is more important than symmetry because people don't often notice when something is asymmetrical, but they will always see if something is unbalanced.

ID

A selector that can be applied to any HTML element. ID should be used when designing for a single instance, such as using the id="main" attribute on an <h1> tag.

Dark Pattern

A type of user interface design carefully crafted to trick people into doing things they might not want to do.

Ligature

A form of typographic ornament used by a type designer for decorative purposes. Common ligatures are based on joining two or more letters together, often with figures embedded in the design

Lowercase

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

Typography

The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.

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.

Emblem

A mark or symbol used to represent an institution, organisation, person, or group, and it is usually displayed on flags and seals.

Web Page Elements

A textual or graphical component in a web page.

Font Colour

Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.

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