Whether you work in the design field or are working with someone in design, particularly within website design, there are common terms you should understand. We created a glossary of 39 prevalent design terms to jumpstart a beginner’s comprehension of the field.
Aesthetic Usability Effect
Alignment
Brand
Brandmark
Brand Identity
Fitt’s Law
Flat
Hick’s Law
Hierarchy
Jakob’s Law
Kerning
Law of Common Region
Law of Prägnanz
Law of Proximity
Law of Similarity
Law of Uniform Connectedness
Leading
Legibility
Logotype
Lorem Ipsum
Miller’s Law
Mock-Up
Mood Board
Occam’s Razor
Palette
Pareto Principle
Parkinson’s Law
Peak-End Rule
Postel’s Law
Pull Quote
Raster Graphics
Serial Position Effect
Tesler’s Law
Tracking
Typography
Vector Graphics
Von Restorff Effect
Widows
Zeigarnik Effect
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