A system used to describe and identify typefaces by their basic visual characteristics.
The designation of a set of character encoding styles for glyphs that are not capital letters.
An observation in Psychology that suggests that the number of mental objects the average person can keep track of is seven (plus or minus two).
A well-known UI element in computer applications. It's an expandable menu of context-specific commands typically launched from the application's main menu.
A software developer who designs, develops, maintains and supports the entire end-to-end product. These developers are capable of developing and implementing modern solutions to any industry problem. They typically work with different technologies such as mobile application development, web application development, back-end software development and front-end software development.
A set of colors which can be used to create a particular visual effect. It is usually composed of multiple primary, secondary, and tertiary colours.
Affordances describe a relationship between the environment and an animate object, classified as either positive or negative.
Items, such as a car that leads to movement, have a positive affordance. Things like stairs that lead upwards have a negative affordance because they will not allow for any other form of movement other than up or down if used accordingly.
The way that a user navigates through a website, app, etc.
A type of user interface design carefully crafted to trick people into doing things they might not want to do.
Layout is a defining characteristic of design. It dictates the positioning of content and design elements. Layouts can range from the simple, such as a four- or two-column layout, to more complex designs like grids with multiple hierarchy levels.
A type of typographical contrast used to convey emphasis. Italics were initially developed for the printing press and are now widely used in print, web design, public signs and labelling systems.