Responsive Design

The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.

More terms you might want to know

Calligraphy

The art of decorative writing practised by many different people in many different cultures. Calligraphy is sometimes used to add a personal touch to wedding invitations, special event invitations, and other projects.

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.

Icon

A small picture or design that represents an idea, function, or some other type of visual concept. For example, in computer graphics and web development, an icon is a pictorial representation of a program or file type.

Character Set

A set of symbols or "characters" including letters, numbers and various other symbols.

Landing Page

A standalone web page with content intended to capture a visitor. Often, it has the same URL as the website's home page and is used in paid or sponsored search engine marketing (known more commonly as pay-per-click) advertising campaigns.

Type Classification

A system used to describe and identify typefaces by their basic visual characteristics.

Eye-Tracking

A tool that allows user experience designers, or people who design products and websites with consumers in mind, to track where users look on the screen. Eye-tracking can measure users’ attention and the duration of time they spend on different areas of a website. With this information, websites can create user experience solutions such as buttons with varying colours designed to catch the eye.

Hero Image

The primary graphic that appears at the top of a webpage, designed to grab people's attention.

Bottom Navigation

One of the most common types of navigation in UI design. It's usually a system of one or more horizontal buttons placed at the bottom of the screen, directing users to other parts of an app or website. Bottom navigation is often used as an alternative to scrolling or tabbing through links on a page.

Hard Return

When you need to break a line of text and start on a new line in a text box.

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