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design is the process designers use to build interfaces in software or computerized devices, focusing on looks or style
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Emphasis

Synonyms: 
strength, weight, accent

Highlighting is a way to visually highlight words so that they stand out from the rest of the text. This is done by slanting, underlining, condensing or increasing the size of the letters.

The most common methods are: italic, bold, UPPERCASE, underline and strikethrough.

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Tip's & Tricks

  1. Choose one method of emphasis.
  2. Everything emphasized = nothing emphasized.
  3. Italic for gentle emphasis, bold for heavier emphasis (only for serif fonts).
  4. Bold only for sans serif font emphasis.
If you need another option for emphasis, consider ALL CAPS or SMALL CAPS
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Emphasis
Highlighting is a way to visually highlight words so that they stand out from the rest of the text. This is done by slanting, underlining, condensing or increasing the size of the letters.
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