Pagination

A technique used to sequentially present items in a list or other data set that are too long to display at one time.

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Tracking

The adjustment of all characters in a line by moving them closer together or farther apart.

Colour Palette

A specific set of colours, usually with a limited number of values, chosen to suit the needs of a particular design.

Type Properties

The attributes of a typeface. Type properties include weight, width, colour and x-height.

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.

Shade

The relative lightness or darkness of a hue.

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.

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.

Placeholder Text

Text that is used to fill in a gap in a document.

Clickstream

A sequence of user actions on a website. In UX design, it's important to note the order in which users interact with your site so you can redesign it for optimum usability.

Scope Creep

Scope creep is when the scope of a project starts to grow without any agreement on how it's going to be paid for. Creep happens because items and features are tacked on top of the original scope of work agreed upon in the original contract.

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