Typography

The art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed.

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Triadic Colours

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

Descenders

The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.

Ascenders

The part of lowercase letters that goes above the baseline when used in running text. As such, ascenders are considered less condensed than those used for numerals and other capital letters. Some examples of ascenders include b, d, h, k, and l. The opposite of an ascender is a descender.

Stock Photo

A photograph that is purchased and licensed for exclusive use by an individual or business.

Scale

The distance between two points of extrusion or an object. It can also be defined as the measurement of size.

Orphan

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.

Full-stack Developer

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.

Hard Return

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

Bottom Navigation

One of the most common types of navigation in UI design. It's usually a system of one or more horizontal buttons placed at the bottom of the screen, directing users to other parts of an app or website. Bottom navigation is often used as an alternative to scrolling or tabbing through links on a page.

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.

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