Proximity

The placement or otherwise of a thing in relation to other things. In design, proximity may be considered as the distance between two items in space or their relative location to each other.

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Proximity

The placement or otherwise of a thing in relation to other things. In design, proximity may be considered as the distance between two items in space or their relative location to each other.

Affinity Diagram

A data visualisation tool that can be used to explore and group people's thoughts or reactions to a set of concepts. Affinity diagrams are often used in user research and design thinking as an experimental technique for generating new ideas or solutions.

The emergent patterns in these visual representations can help identify which aspects your audience will respond well to, thus enabling decisions on the information architecture and next steps in the process.

It is important to note that affinity diagrams were initially developed for qualitative research but have since been adapted for quantitative research (though they are not typically used with statistical data).

UX Audit

A discipline that analyses the usability of an application by assessing its interaction design and user experience.

Bracket

The word "bracket" is often used to refer to parentheses and is written as either [] or () and used to delimit blocks of text, e.g. a set of instructions. Within brackets, items are arranged from left to right in order of precedence.

Interaction Design

The design of the interaction between users and products. Interaction design is focused on creating products that enable the user to achieve their objective(s) in the best way possible.

Serif

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

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.

Logotype

The typographic presentation of a company's name in a stylized form.

Placeholder Text

Text that is used to fill in a gap in a document.

Vector

A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.

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