The measure of how easily light passes through a material. It is a quantitative characteristic that can be represented as a number within the range of [0, 1], and in some cases [0%,100%], with lower numbers indicating higher transparency.
The way characters are capitalised within a word or phrase. Common font cases are uppercase, lowercase, capitalised (or title case) and sentence case.
A design technique employed on websites and mobile apps that encourages users to scroll to view additional content.
The placement or otherwise of a thing in relation to other things. In design, proximity may be considered as the distance between two items in space or their relative location to each other.
Text that is used to fill in a gap in a document.
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.
Typically used on the internet or web pages to provide easily accessible navigation for users. Typically, the breadcrumb navigation appears along the top of a webpage or at other locations on a webpage so that users can know where they are on a site quickly and efficiently.
The process of adjusting the spacing between individual letters to improve or avoid particular visual distortions.
A measure of the height of a set of text on an element.
A design language developed by Google. The goal of Material Design was to create fluid, natural movement for users on any platform they happen to be using.
An observation in Psychology that suggests that the number of mental objects the average person can keep track of is seven (plus or minus two).