A process in which subjects use a product or service under test conditions and report their experience.
The word "bracket" is often used to refer to parentheses and is written as either [] or () and used to delimit blocks of text, e.g. a set of instructions. Within brackets, items are arranged from left to right in order of precedence.
A form of typographic ornament used by a type designer for decorative purposes. Common ligatures are based on joining two or more letters together, often with figures embedded in the design
The use of design features that are shaped to resemble a familiar object or thing in order to facilitate user interaction.
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.
A greater typographic weight than the standard typeface, often used to highlight text that the writer wants to emphasise or denote sections, headlines or quotes in printed material.
Bold type is a little heavier than the average type because of its higher contrast, making it more readable. The opposite of bold type is light type, also known as regular or book.
A measure of the height of a set of text on an element.
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).
The meeting point where two lines cross.
The typographic term for the dot above the letters 'i' and 'j'.
The portion of a letter such as y, p, q or j that hangs below the baseline of the text.