Pixel

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

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KPI

A key performance indicator is a variable that measures how well an entity is performing. It's a figure that designates an individual or item's performance level. A particular company may use metrics such as sales, revenue, production, and market share to gauge the success of their firm.

Monochrome

Designs that are created in one colour. It can be any colour, but the whole design will range from light to darker shades. As the name implies, it is typically a single hue, with black and white also being typical combinations for this type of design.

Brand

A name, symbol or other distinctive feature that distinguishes one business's product from another's, often associated with a logo, design, slogan and other items.

Copy

The written information that accompanies a design.

User Interviews

The act of gathering qualitative data about a person's thoughts and feelings related to a product.

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.

Serif

The small decorative stroke at the end of a stroke in a letter, or a typeface.

Slab Serif

A type of serif, characterized by large x-heights and thick, blocky strokes with little variation in width.

Persona

A sample of the target audience for which a product or service is intended.

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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