A quick and rough sketch of what you are about to work on. Good for getting the ideas out of your head and onto the page while you're still in that creative phase.
The art and discipline of putting together set of typefaces into a harmonious and readable type system. A typeface designer spends much time considering many things such as clear visual message, readability at different sizes, legibility at small point sizes, ease of use for printing processes on its own or over the top of other fonts.
A digital image captured by a digital camera or scanner that has not been processed in any way by the camera software.
Colours on the same side of the colour wheel as red, such as pink, orange and yellow.
Text that flows from left to right and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the left margin.
Commonly used to describe a 2D graphic that is made up of an organized grid of pixels, in other words, a bitmap.
A process that involves assigning people to work on different parts of the design and making sure that they focus on one area at a time. This method is an excellent way to release products more quickly and with higher quality.
The most common types of agile methods are Scrum, Kanban, XP and Agile Modeling. It can often be difficult for companies to make the switch because it requires significant changes in how product development occurs.
A measure of the height of a set of text on an element.
A file format that supports both static and animated images. It is a popular file format on the internet and social media due to its wide colour support, portability, and animating capabilities.
A colour that appears to be pure and lacks any lightness (or tone) or saturation.
The art of decorative writing practised by many different people in many different cultures. Calligraphy is sometimes used to add a personal touch to wedding invitations, special event invitations, and other projects.