Usability Testing

A process in which subjects use a product or service under test conditions and report their experience.

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Brand Mark

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

Foil Stamping

The process of applying a thin layer of foil to paper coated with adhesive on one side.

Body-storming

A UX design technique to explore and map out a service, product, or system through physical navigation, often completed at the start of a design process to provide designers with an understanding of how users will navigate the system. In addition, body-storming can be used in development to test functionality or measure ease of use.

System Font

A type of font that comes pre-installed in an operating system.

x-height

The distance between the baseline and the mean line of lowercase letters in a typeface. Nearby descenders (such as j) and ascenders (such as q) usually extend slightly below or above this height.

Wireframe

A low-fidelity representation of a user interface design.

Glassmorphism

The use of light or dark objects positioned over colourful backgrounds. Blurred backdrops allow bright colours to come through and convey a sense of frosted glass.

Monospace

A style of typeface that uses a width-to-height ratio of 1:1.

Design Thinking

An iterative process that designers use to understand the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine the problems to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial level of understanding. Design Thinking provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is a way of thinking and working as well as a collection of hands-on methods.

Alignment

The process of arranging objects in a consistent and even spatial relationship. It can refer to how text is aligned with respect to its margins or how any two or more things are aligned in general.

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