The small decorative stroke at the end of a stroke in a letter, or a typeface.
The act of gathering qualitative data about a person's thoughts and feelings related to a product.
A well-known cognitive psychologist's principle that says that the time it takes to make a decision varies logarithmically according to the number of choices. As more options are presented, more decision time is required due to the mental work of comparing and contrasting each potential option.
A psychological phenomenon that states that people tend to remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.
A type of design where the colours or tones gradually change from one colour to another. Gradients are often used in graphic design to add visual interest and give the appearance of "extensions" or "glosses" of a particular colour.
Commonly used to describe a 2D graphic that is made up of an organized grid of pixels, in other words, a bitmap.
A technique used to sequentially present items in a list or other data set that are too long to display at one time.
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.
A UX design technique to explore and map out a service, product, or system through physical navigation, often completed at the start of a design process to provide designers with an understanding of how users will navigate the system. In addition, body-storming can be used in development to test functionality or measure ease of use.
The meeting point where two lines cross.
Black, white, and all the values of shades in between.