A print that the printer receives to monitor the progress of production. Proofing is a matter of looking at the print to ensure that it has been printed correctly and that the colours are rendered accurately.
Red, green, and blue. These colours can be used to form a wide variety of colours in different devices such as computer monitors and televisions.
The written information that accompanies a design.
A type of graphical interface that allows the user to interact with the application on a screen, such as a computer monitor or smartphone, using various types of input devices.
A philosophy that companies should take a user-centred approach to design, making sure they focus on the customer's needs and not on their company's needs. UX designers need to figure out what users want before building something and not after. They must also ask themselves if including "features" will provide any value to the product or service.
A greater typographic weight than the standard typeface, often used to highlight text that the writer wants to emphasise or denote sections, headlines or quotes in printed material.
Bold type is a little heavier than the average type because of its higher contrast, making it more readable. The opposite of bold type is light type, also known as regular or book.
A type of serif, characterized by large x-heights and thick, blocky strokes with little variation in width.
The meeting point where two lines cross.
A graphical representation of the user on a device, used to represent various users in different contexts. It can be a photo, image or drawing.
Small uppercase letters, generally about half as tall as regular uppercase letters.
The measure of a device or computer system's ability to capture fine detail. A higher number of pixels can provide more details and finer images on the screen.