A non-functional first draft of a design.
A portion of an image where the remainder is discarded.
The area of negative space around and between elements in a design.
A well-known UI element in computer applications. It's an expandable menu of context-specific commands typically launched from the application's main menu.
A framework that helps a company evaluate any aspect of its user experience according to five metrics, which form the acronym HEART. These metrics are: 1. Happiness 2. Engagement 3. Adoption 4. Retention 5. Task success
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
An abbreviation for Portable Document Format. The PDF format was originally developed to share documents between different operating systems in the late 1980s. Any text document, image or page layout can be saved as a PDF file that includes all of the font information needed to display it without losing quality.
CMYK is a colour space created for the printing process. It stands for Cyan Magenta Yellow Key (black).
The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.
A process in which subjects use a product or service under test conditions and report their experience.
Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.