Fonts (typefaces) are grouped into different families. Two common families are the serif and sans serif typefaces.
The orientation, position, relative size and weight of text are just some of the considerations that anyone using text must consider prior to completing any document or user interface design.
In this lecture:
What is a labelling system? When is it used?
How do we determine effective labels for different situations?
Why do we need to think about labelling?
Labelling is what we (humans) do... all the time!
We should be pretty good at it. Can you think of something without labelling it? Which things can you think of without labelling?
Have a guess at what's inside these tin cans.
Any idea? ...don't make your software's users guess what your software will do when they click on a button. Don't make them guess what a user manual entry refers to. Don't make them guess when they operate a menu what it will do...
Label your software and its documentation carefully!
A labelling system is just any coherent means of representing the objects or concepts that you need to explain within your software or other document.
What a labelling system says about the information provider.
Cool New Stuff
Latest additions
Order Processing & Despatch
Sales & Delivery
Project A41-277.3
Cancer Treatment Project
What are the different messages a user receives from the pairs above?
Using Textual Labels
If you can find a commonly-used/conventional label then half the battle is won, especially when it comes to finding labels to assist navigation around a complex user interface.
Main Menu, File Menu, Edit Menu, View Menu
Search, Find, Browse, Search/Browse, Site Map, Contents, Table of Contents, Index
Contact, Contact Us, Feedback, Comments, Support , Help
Help, FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions
Preferences, Presets, Favourites
About, About Us, About <Company Name>, Company Information, Information
Button Labels
Map Labels (with sample icons)
More Map Labels (with sample icons)
Software Menu Labels
--- Hiking Trail
--- Walking Path
Footpath
Walkers Only
Forest
Wooded Area
Woods
Trees
Save
Write to Disk
Store
Back-up
...hopefully you can see that the exact label you give is determined to a large extent by its context. Any old label you dream up will not do.
Conventional and unconventional labels sometimes benefit from a simple explanation the first time they appear.
Search/Browse:
Search the online help index by keyword or browse with our help map
Contact:
E-mail our technical staff with your problems or call our customer hotline
About:
Information about our company: its history, policies and the people who make it tick
From then on (as always)... be consistent (across the entire site, document, software interface, not just within a single page or screen of information.
Textual labels may be used as headings
Labels often describe the section (page/paragraph etc.) of information that follows them.
Ensure:
Consistency in terminology
wording used among labels is uniform and cohesive
Consistency in granularity
the content at each level of label is of roughly equal importance
levels represented by labels cover a similar depth of the information
Try removing the text content from between headings to highlight any strengths or weaknesses.
Editing Video
Using the Monitor window
Displaying a clip
To view a clip
Using Monitor window controllers
To customize the monitor window view
To play the Source or Program view
To view a different frame
To jog or shuttle through frames
Using the Timeline window
Moving around in the Timeline
To move the edit line in the Timeline
To display the timeline in more detail
To display more of the program in the timeline
Headings from the Adobe Premiere User's Guide
Video Editing
The Monitor Window
Displaying a clip
Clip - viewing
Controllers on the Monitor Window
Customizing the monitor window's view
To play the Source or Program view
To see a different frame
Shuttle/Jog frames
Timeline Window
To move around in the Timeline window
The edit line
Detail
How to display more program in the timeline window
How not to label sections of the Adobe Premiere User's Guide
Sources For Textual Labelling Systems
A popular or standard reference (text, published standards document etc.) for the field in which the software will be used.
The labels you created when designing or organizing your software (check these for consistency).
Footpath
Walkers Only 
Forest
Wooded Area
Woods
Trees 
