A color scheme built out of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
fr: Analogue
Ascender
noun
The part of a lowercase letter that extends above the x-height.
fr: Ascendeur
Body Copy
noun
The main part of text in a design or publication – the written website content, the book contents
fr: Copie du corps
conundrum
noun
a confusing and difficult problem or question.
fr: énigme
Dither
adjective
A process used in digital audio and image editing, dither helps prevent color banding or random noise. The process actually includes a complex mathematical formula that adds intentional noise (visual or audio).
fr: Tremblement
Favicon
noun
image located at the top of each browser tab or window. Every website can have its own favicon, which is short for favorite icon. The small icon will also appear in search histories, next to bookmarks and on browser tabs and desktop icons.
fr: Favicon
Fluid layout
noun
Fluid layouts are built using a system of proportions relative to the design and screen size to render a site. Each element in the design is assigned a percentage width as it relates to the screen size.
fr: Disposition fluide
Golden ratio
noun
It is the ratio of a line segment cut into two pieces of different lengths such that the ratio of the whole segment to that of the longer segment is equal to the ratio of the longer segment to the shorter segment.
fr: nombre d'or
HEX
noun
a six-digit number used in HTML, CSS, and design software applications to represent colors
fr: HEX
Leading
verb
Leading determines how text is spaced vertically in lines. Leading is used when content that has multiple lines of readable text and ensures the distance from the bottom of the words above to the top of the words below has appropriate spacing to make them legible.
fr: en tête
Legibility
noun
The measure of how easy it is to distinguish one letter from the next.
fr: Lisibilité
Lorum Ipsum
noun
dummy text used by the design industry
fr: Lorem Ipsum
Metadata
noun
the content of a website for search engines, and this information is added to the back end of a site using meta tags. Common tags include description of the content on a page, keywords, author information, photo information and day, time and location stamps.
fr: Métadonnées
Pull Quote
noun
A short quote or excerpt pulled from the main text and used as a visual element to help highlight important ideas and draw interest to the piece.
fr: Tirez le devis
Responsive layout
noun
in web design, the website adapts to the device it is viewed on
fr: Mise en page réactive
Rule of thirds
noun
a "rule of thumb" or guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs.
fr: Règle des tiers
Serif
noun
a slight projection finishing off a stroke of a letter in certain typefaces.
fr: sérif
Skeuomorphic design
noun
is the design concept of making items represented resemble their real-world counterparts
fr: Conception skeuomorphique
Typography
noun
the style and appearance of printed matter.
fr: Typographie
vector
noun
Vector images a made up of points, lines, and curves. All of the shapes within a vector are calculated using a mathematical equation which means the image can scale in size without losing any quality.