Mock-up

A non-functional first draft of a design.

More terms you might want to know

Character

A letter, symbol, or another alphabet unit.

Copy

The written information that accompanies a design.

Hero Image

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

Die Cut

A type of print/design created with a metal stamp to create a shape out of paper using a die cutting machine. Die cuts can be used in apparel, home decor and promotional products.

Logotype

The typographic presentation of a company's name in a stylized form.

Ellipsis

Also known as a suspension point, is a series of dots (…) that is used either as a substitute for some text that has been omitted from a sentence or when the author does not wish to pause in their writing.

Readability

A measure of the ease of understanding text.

Infinite Scroll

Generally used when a page has so much content that it would be impossibly long to load the entire page at once. Infinite scroll consists of an auto-generated list of items that constantly loads new items as they load off the bottom of the screen.

PPI

PPI stands for Point Per Inch. PPI is the number of dots per inch in a printer's resolution or the number of pixels per inch in a monitor's screen resolution. The more PPI, the higher your image quality will be as it becomes sharper and clearer. The lower your PPI, the lower your image quality will be, and the more likely you'll see individual pixels in an image.

Colour Palette

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

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