Top Questions about Design & Layout

• What is a Grid?

  A Grid is a system that is evenly divided, intersecting vertical and horizontal axis used to align text and images.

• What is Scale?

  Scale is the size of a design element as related to another. Design elements can be proportionally increased or decreased in size.

• What is Blur?

  Blur is a design technique that adds an overlay on an image to make it appear unclear.

• What is Contrast?

  Contrast is a pronounced difference between colors, shape, size, typeface, texture or other design element, such as dark versus light or thick vs thin. In typography, contrast refers to variety of stroke thicknesses.

• What is a Drop Shadow?

  A drop shadow is a visual effect that creates the appearance of a shadow behind an image. A drop shadow creates a 3D illusion that the image is raised.

• What is Feathering?

  Feathering is a visual effect that softens or smooths edges of a design element.

• What are Margins?

  Margins are blank spaces around the edges of a page, usually surrounding body copy. Adjusting the margin can change the overall appearance of a design.

• What is Negative Space?

  Negative space, also known as 'white space', is a design technique that leaves blank spaces or areas not containing any text of images.

• What is Texture?

  Texture is a style of design where the surface of an element appears to have a tactile characteristic.

• What is White Space?

  White space, also referred to as 'Negative Space', is a design technique that leaves blank spaces or areas not containing any text or images.

• What is Skeumorphism?

  Skeumorphism is a style of design where a digital image imitates the look and function or a real life object.

• What is a Flat image?

  A flat image refers to a style of design where a digital image representing a real-life object does not contain any three-dimensional visual effect. Flat design typically makes use of simple shapes with sharp edges.

• What is a Mock-Up?

  A mock-up refers to a recreation of an original model to be used for testing a design and/or functionality.

• What is CSS?

  CSS stands for 'Cascading Style Sheets', CSS is a style sheet language use dot visually style elements of a web page.