Stock Photo

A photograph that is purchased and licensed for exclusive use by an individual or business.

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Style Guide

A group of rules, guidelines, and/or standards designers use when producing artwork or branded projects ensuring that they have the desired appearance and are compliant with usage guidelines.

Usability Testing

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

Class

A selector that can be applied to any HTML element. Classes should be used when designing for multiple instances. For example, if you want all <h1> tags in the website to look blue, then you could use the class="blue-text" attribute.

Legibility

How well or poorly something can be read.

Brand Mark

A logo, symbol, design, or pattern used to promote and distinguish one's brand or company from others.

Composition

An organised arrangement of elements used for a particular purpose, such as to create striking visual effects or to convey information effectively. Good composition is achieved through different methods, such as placing figures or objects in a scene, revising and simplifying lines and shapes that make up a figure, and arranging multiple figures or objects into meaningful relationships.

Kerning

The process of adjusting the spacing between individual letters to improve or avoid particular visual distortions.

Glassmorphism

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.

Vertex

The meeting point where two lines cross.

Colour Palette

A specific set of colours, usually with a limited number of values, chosen to suit the needs of a particular design.

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