A psychological phenomenon that states that people tend to remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.
The surface quality of an element.
Most typefaces are classified into one of five basic classifications: serif, sans serif, script, monospaced, and display.
Text that flows from right to left and is the default reading direction of a page with its content aligned on the right margin.
CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are a language for describing the look and formatting of HTML elements in a webpage.
The unused or empty space in a composition of images, either two-dimensional (as with paintings) or three-dimensional (as with sculptures).
Contrast in design can be accomplished by placing two opposite colours adjacent to one another, creating a focal point within the design that dominates the composition.
A type of understanding that is achieved by taking the perspective of another individual. Different people's perspectives often have different needs and values, so empathy can help you understand those differences.
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.
The main text of an advertisement or editorial as opposed to headings and subheadings.
A generic term for adding colour to an image. A tint can be applied by darkening a colour to create different shades or lightening the saturation, creating a washed-out look.