The intensity of a color relative to its own brightness. Colours are said to be saturated when they have a strong hue and high intensity.
The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.
A type of font designed to imitate handwriting.
A discipline that analyses the usability of an application by assessing its interaction design and user experience.
The measure of how easily light passes through a material. It is a quantitative characteristic that can be represented as a number within the range of [0, 1], and in some cases [0%,100%], with lower numbers indicating higher transparency.
A selector that can be applied to any HTML element. ID should be used when designing for a single instance, such as using the id="main" attribute on an <h1> tag.
A decoration technique used primarily on paper, metal, and some plastics in which ink or another printing medium is pressed into the material's surface to create a three-dimensional effect.
A quick and rough sketch of what you are about to work on. Good for getting the ideas out of your head and onto the page while you're still in that creative phase.
Also called a line break, when you want to keep the text in one paragraph and not follow it with an airy space.
The distance from the baseline to the top of a capital letter, number, or other upper-case glyphs.
The degree of difference between the two sides of an object or system.