Monospace

A style of typeface that uses a width-to-height ratio of 1:1.

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Serif

The small decorative stroke at the end of a stroke in a letter, or a typeface.

System Font

A type of font that comes pre-installed in an operating system.

Readability

A measure of the ease of understanding text.

Embossing

A decoration technique used primarily on paper, metal, and some plastics in which ink or another printing medium is pressed into the material's surface to create a three-dimensional effect.

Hand-lettering

The art of drawing original characters and symbols — especially for decorative purposes.

Full-stack Developer

A software developer who designs, develops, maintains and supports the entire end-to-end product. These developers are capable of developing and implementing modern solutions to any industry problem. They typically work with different technologies such as mobile application development, web application development, back-end software development and front-end software development.

Lowercase

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

Layout

Layout is a defining characteristic of design. It dictates the positioning of content and design elements. Layouts can range from the simple, such as a four- or two-column layout, to more complex designs like grids with multiple hierarchy levels.

Tone

The feeling or mood created by a design.

Pictorial Mark

A graphic representation, such as an icon, of a company or brand. Pictorial marks can be used on marketing materials to communicate the intentions and personality of the company. Factors such as colour, placement, and shape are significant in how the general public perceives a pictorial mark.

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