RAW Image

A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.

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Monogram

An iconic design that is made up of two or three letters.

Raster

Commonly used to describe a 2D graphic that is made up of an organized grid of pixels, in other words, a bitmap.

Font Style

Designers and developers use font styles to denote differences in meaning between two or more words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or blocks of text. Typical font styles in CSS and web development are normal, italic, oblique and inherit.

Close-Crop

Framing consisting of cutting off or obscuring most of the surrounding of a subject, removing distractions from the background and emphasising the subject.

Typography

The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.

Pixel

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

Agile Design

A process that involves assigning people to work on different parts of the design and making sure that they focus on one area at a time. This method is an excellent way to release products more quickly and with higher quality.

The most common types of agile methods are Scrum, Kanban, XP and Agile Modeling. It can often be difficult for companies to make the switch because it requires significant changes in how product development occurs.

Right-aligned

Text that flows from right to left and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the right margin.

Hex Code

A way of expressing colours on digital media. To specify a hex code, you need to consider the three primary colours: red, green and blue. The hex code is always six characters long and looks like this: #RRGGBB and their values range from 00 to FF.

Descenders

The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.

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