A unit for defining the size of a font. It's not a distance; this unit's measurement is only relative to the typeface's design.
The process of arranging type to make written material readable. The arrangement of type involves decisions about individual letters and words (e.g. line spacing, letter spacing, and word spacing) and more significant page layout decisions (e.g., margins, headline position on the page).
A file format that supports both static and animated images. It is a popular file format on the internet and social media due to its wide colour support, portability, and animating capabilities.
The thickness or thinness of a typeface. Common font weights are light, regular/normal, semi-bold, bold and extra bold.
A non-functional first draft of a design.
Usually the first functional form of a new product, created to test a concept or prove out some aspects of design.
The intensity of a color relative to its own brightness. Colours are said to be saturated when they have a strong hue and high intensity.
A small, non-preview image that accompanies a larger image. It provides an immediate sense of the content while not necessarily revealing it in its entire scope.
The space that an item has around it.
The degree of difference between the two sides of an object or system.
Commonly used to describe a 2D graphic that is made up of an organized grid of pixels, in other words, a bitmap.