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.
A textual or graphical component in a web page.
A specific set of colours, usually with a limited number of values, chosen to suit the needs of a particular design.
The unused or empty space in a composition of images, either two-dimensional (as with paintings) or three-dimensional (as with sculptures).
Also called a line break, when you want to keep the text in one paragraph and not follow it with an airy space.
Also known as an Ishikawa diagram, is a widely used technique in project management. The diagram provides a means of evaluating the cause-and-effect relationship between the various activities necessary for completing a project by visualising all activities in the project as bones that interconnect on an anterior and posterior spine, with causality flowing from one to another.
The act of gathering qualitative data about a person's thoughts and feelings related to a product.
A type of typographical contrast used to convey emphasis. Italics were initially developed for the printing press and are now widely used in print, web design, public signs and labelling systems.
A measure of the height of a set of text on an element.
The width and height of a document, after having been cut down to size from a larger sheet.
A unit of measurement that equals 1/6 of an inch, or 1/72 of a foot.