Script Font

A type of font designed to imitate handwriting.

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Uppercase

Also known as caps, a type property that specifies that all letters in a body of text are capitalised.

Saturation

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.

Hard Return

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

Usability Testing

A process in which subjects use a product or service under test conditions and report their experience.

Analogous Colours

Colours that have a relation in their hue. A colour wheel can be used to help identify analogous colours. Analogous colours are typically found next to each other on the colour wheel.

JPEG Image

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group, an international standards body that sets standards for creating and handling compressed digital images. The JPEG file format was designed to balance good visual quality and small file size, typically through lossy compression. The JPEG file format is widely used as a means of compressing digital images, particularly those produced by digital cameras.

Embossing

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.

Colour Theory

The study of how colours are related to one another. It is about how we see colour, mix and modify it (according to our needs), and put colour together to achieve the desired mood or atmosphere.

Responsive Design

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

Soft Return

Also called a line break, when you want to keep the text in one paragraph and not follow it with an airy space.

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