Negative Space

The unused or empty space in a composition of images, either two-dimensional (as with paintings) or three-dimensional (as with sculptures).

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Asymmetry

The degree of difference between the two sides of an object or system.

Vector

A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.

Dark Pattern

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

PNG Image

A PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file is a bitmap image format that has been designed to store images with an alpha channel. This format is primarily used for transparency so that it can be placed over other graphics in many design applications.

Lowercase

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

User Interface (UI)

A type of graphical interface that allows the user to interact with the application on a screen, such as a computer monitor or smartphone, using various types of input devices.

Hero Image

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

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.

User Flow

The way that a user navigates through a website, app, etc.

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.

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