Thumbnail

A small, non-preview image that accompanies a larger image. It provides an immediate sense of the content while not necessarily revealing it in its entire scope.

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Font Weight

The thickness or thinness of a typeface. Common font weights are light, regular/normal, semi-bold, bold and extra bold.

Shade

The relative lightness or darkness of a hue.

Masthead

The name, logo, and other identifying information at the top of a newspaper or magazine publication.

TIFF File

A Tagged Image File Format is a file format for storing images losslessly.

Design Thinking

An iterative process that designers use to understand the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine the problems to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial level of understanding. Design Thinking provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is a way of thinking and working as well as a collection of hands-on methods.

Storyboard

A graphical representation of a scenario, usually created and presented in sequence.

User Scenario

An example of a typical user and the actions they take. Typically these are written in the form of a story.

DPI

The print resolution of a printer. It's a measure of how many dots per inch can be printed on paper. Higher DPI means more detail and smoother transitions between colours.

Leading

All available space (line-height) between two consecutive lines of text; this measurement should be adjusted for either ascenders or descenders. In hand typesetting, leading referred to thin strips of lead inserted by hand between lines of type in the composing stick to increase vertical distance.

Hard Return

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

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