Stem

The part of a letter, usually a vertical line, that rise above the x-height.

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Responsive Design

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

Monogram

An iconic design that is made up of two or three letters.

Font Colour

Also known as text colour, is a visible attribute of text determined by the combination of text and background colour.

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.

HEART Framework

A framework that helps a company evaluate any aspect of its user experience according to five metrics, which form the acronym HEART. These metrics are: 1. Happiness 2. Engagement 3. Adoption 4. Retention 5. Task success

User Journey Map

A diagram that reflects the processes and steps a user would take when completing a certain task or goal. The User Journey Map also highlights the key activities, touchpoints, stakeholders, and benefits of an experience. In order to develop an effective strategy that helps guide users through the process of reaching their goals and objectives, the User Journey Map provides a comprehensive view of how your customers will navigate towards achieving their goals.

Hard Return

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

Card Sorting

A UX design technique in which you divide your users into groups, show them cards with different names for unrelated objects and ask them to categorise them.

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.

Font Style

Designers and developers use font styles to denote differences in meaning between two or more words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or blocks of text. Typical font styles in CSS and web development are normal, italic, oblique and inherit.

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