Small uppercase letters, generally about half as tall as regular uppercase letters.
The surface quality of an element.
Generally used when a page has so much content that it would be impossibly long to load the entire page at once. Infinite scroll consists of an auto-generated list of items that constantly loads new items as they load off the bottom of the screen.
A unit for defining the size of a font. It's not a distance; this unit's measurement is only relative to the typeface's design.
The placement or otherwise of a thing in relation to other things. In design, proximity may be considered as the distance between two items in space or their relative location to each other.
The use of light or dark objects positioned over colourful backgrounds. Blurred backdrops allow bright colours to come through and convey a sense of frosted glass.
Framing consisting of cutting off or obscuring most of the surrounding of a subject, removing distractions from the background and emphasising the subject.
A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.
A non-functional first draft of a design.
The sum of all experiences an individual has with a company or its delivery channels during their journey. From handling and registering a complaint to ordering new products, these interactions are monitored and analyzed at every touchpoint by frontline employees, developers, designers, and product managers for improvement opportunities.
The process of developing a product or design system that can be altered to fit different device and interaction contexts.