Design Glossary

Alignment

          The positioning of a body of text. Text can be positioned to the left, right, or "center" of a page.

Browser

The software used to view, manage, and access web pages by interpreting hypertext and hyperlinks. The two most common browsers are Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Font

A font is a complete set of characters in a particular size and style of type.

JPEG

Abbreviation for Joint Photographic Experts Group. File format for full-color and black-and-white graphic images. JPEG images allow for more colors than GIF images and are usually smaller in size.

Kerning

The horizontal spacing between the letters in a word.