Orphan

One or more words (typically at the end of a paragraph) that are separated from the rest of the text. Orphans are generally thought of as bad design, but it’s a matter of taste.

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Style Guide

A group of rules, guidelines, and/or standards designers use when producing artwork or branded projects ensuring that they have the desired appearance and are compliant with usage guidelines.

Font Colour

Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.

System Font

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

Pixel

A pixel, or a picture element, is the smallest addressable element in a display device.

Ellipsis

Also known as a suspension point, is a series of dots (…) that is used either as a substitute for some text that has been omitted from a sentence or when the author does not wish to pause in their writing.

HTML

A language used to create web pages, and it stands for Hypertext Markup Language.

Hard Return

When you need to break a line of text and start on a new line in a text box.

Material Design

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.

Body-storming

A UX design technique to explore and map out a service, product, or system through physical navigation, often completed at the start of a design process to provide designers with an understanding of how users will navigate the system. In addition, body-storming can be used in development to test functionality or measure ease of use.

Asymmetry

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

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