Pilcrow

Also called a paragraph mark, a paragraph sign or section marker, is a typographical character for separating paragraphs. It looks like a "ΒΆ".

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JPEG Image

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group, an international standards body that sets standards for creating and handling compressed digital images. The JPEG file format was designed to balance good visual quality and small file size, typically through lossy compression. The JPEG file format is widely used as a means of compressing digital images, particularly those produced by digital cameras.

x-height

The distance between the baseline and the mean line of lowercase letters in a typeface. Nearby descenders (such as j) and ascenders (such as q) usually extend slightly below or above this height.

Scale

The distance between two points of extrusion or an object. It can also be defined as the measurement of size.

Stem

The part of a letter, usually a vertical line, that rise above the x-height.

Left-aligned

Text that flows from left to right and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the left margin.

Dark Pattern

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

Responsive Design

The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.

Design Sprint

A way to create and test designs. Designers use design sprints as a time-intensive method of quickly testing ideas and then pivoting into designing for user needs. A designer may then take the prototype they created on the first day of the design sprint and fix any usability issues with it, which is a quick way to get feedback on their work before continuing development.

Character Set

A set of symbols or "characters" including letters, numbers and various other symbols.

Typeface Design

The art and discipline of putting together set of typefaces into a harmonious and readable type system. A typeface designer spends much time considering many things such as clear visual message, readability at different sizes, legibility at small point sizes, ease of use for printing processes on its own or over the top of other fonts.

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