Monogram

An iconic design that is made up of two or three letters.

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PDF File

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.

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.

Font Weight

The thickness or thinness of a typeface. Common font weights are light, regular/normal, semi-bold, bold and extra bold.

Avatar

A graphical representation of the user on a device, used to represent various users in different contexts. It can be a photo, image or drawing.

Tone

The feeling or mood created by a design.

Stock Photo

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

Warm Colours

Colours on the same side of the colour wheel as red, such as pink, orange and yellow.

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

A term that means the smallest amount of work that can be done to move a project forward.

Ball Terminal

In handwriting and calligraphy, ball terminals are the end of a stroke that resembles a ball. They are also used in some typefaces like cursive or old-style typefaces.

Foil Stamping

The process of applying a thin layer of foil to paper coated with adhesive on one side.

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