An example of a typical user and the actions they take. Typically these are written in the form of a story.
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".
A discipline that analyses the usability of an application by assessing its interaction design and user experience.
The art of drawing original characters and symbols — especially for decorative purposes.
A theory in psychology that discusses the general idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It's based on a human need to search for stability and meaning, which leads to organic movements towards wholeness. Gestalt Theory assumes there are inherent flaws in how we perceive forms and patterns, and it holds that this innate tendency transforms into an active process of looking for order in reality.
A system used to describe and identify typefaces by their basic visual characteristics.
JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group, an international standards body that sets standards for creating and handling compressed digital images. The JPEG file format was designed to balance good visual quality and small file size, typically through lossy compression. The JPEG file format is widely used as a means of compressing digital images, particularly those produced by digital cameras.
A style of typeface that uses a width-to-height ratio of 1:1.
A type of font that comes pre-installed in an operating system.
The width and height of a document, after having been cut down to size from a larger sheet.
The intensity of a color relative to its own brightness. Colours are said to be saturated when they have a strong hue and high intensity.