A graphic element that has a definite length and direction. Examples of vectors would be straight lines, edges, or curves.
The adjustment of all characters in a line by moving them closer together or farther apart.
A print that the printer receives to monitor the progress of production. Proofing is a matter of looking at the print to ensure that it has been printed correctly and that the colours are rendered accurately.
A low-fidelity representation of a user interface design.
A unit for defining the size of a font. It's not a distance; this unit's measurement is only relative to the typeface's design.
A set of symbols or "characters" including letters, numbers and various other symbols.
A basic design tool that helps designers create and communicate ideas.
In typography, a bowl is a curved shape used to control the area of white space.
Scope creep is when the scope of a project starts to grow without any agreement on how it's going to be paid for. Creep happens because items and features are tacked on top of the original scope of work agreed upon in the original contract.
The written information that accompanies a design.
PPI stands for Point Per Inch. PPI is the number of dots per inch in a printer's resolution or the number of pixels per inch in a monitor's screen resolution. The more PPI, the higher your image quality will be as it becomes sharper and clearer. The lower your PPI, the lower your image quality will be, and the more likely you'll see individual pixels in an image.