Triadic Colours

A triad is a group of three colours that are equally spaced on the colour wheel.

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Serif

The small decorative stroke at the end of a stroke in a letter, or a typeface.

Load More Scrolling

A design technique employed on websites and mobile apps that encourages users to scroll to view additional content.

TIFF File

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

Brand Mark

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

Lorem Ipsum

A type of text used as filler or placeholder text. Since the dawn of time, it has been around and is sometimes erroneously referred to as "a nonsense sentence used by printers who have run out of typesetting space".

Vector

A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.

Calligraphy

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.

PDF File

An abbreviation for Portable Document Format. The PDF format was originally developed to share documents between different operating systems in the late 1980s. Any text document, image or page layout can be saved as a PDF file that includes all of the font information needed to display it without losing quality.

Responsive Design

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

Rule of Thirds

A rule of thumb used in photography to create more visually appealing images which states that an image should be composed so that the subject or focus of the image occupies one-third of the picture space, with two equal vertical lines dividing their composition into two.

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