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.
The art of drawing original characters and symbols — especially for decorative purposes.
An example of a typical user and the actions they take. Typically these are written in the form of a story.
A design process that can help guide the path of any product or application from discovery to launch stages. A UX roadmap can also be used in marketing to analyse how products are perceived by customers and then determine future options for growth.
One or more words (typically at the end of a paragraph) that are separated from the rest of the text. Orphans are generally thought of as bad design, but it’s a matter of taste.
A way to create and test designs. Designers use design sprints as a time-intensive method of quickly testing ideas and then pivoting into designing for user needs. A designer may then take the prototype they created on the first day of the design sprint and fix any usability issues with it, which is a quick way to get feedback on their work before continuing development.
CMYK is a colour space created for the printing process. It stands for Cyan Magenta Yellow Key (black).
Most typefaces are classified into one of five basic classifications: serif, sans serif, script, monospaced, and display.
The surface quality of an element.
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 art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.