{"id":8701,"date":"2021-01-07T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2022-04-20T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:32:26","slug":"design-decoded-caret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceros.com\/inspire\/originals\/design-decoded-caret\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Decoded: Ceros Explains the Caret"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>Welcome to the first installment of <strong>Design Decoded<\/strong>, our new video series. In each video, we&#8217;ll trace the history of some popular UX design element and attempt to explain its ubiquity. First up, we&#8217;re taking a closer look at the caret. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caret is that little chevron-shaped icon that you can hardly avoid on any website today. It might look like nothing more than an arrow, but it&#8217;s not quite that simple. Press play to discover its whole history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/etic19vr9o.jsonp\" async=\"\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"><div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_etic19vr9o videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\"><div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/etic19vr9o\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Have you seen this? What about this? It&#8217;s called a caret. It looks kind of like a triangle or a pyramid, and it kind of functions like an arrow. But it&#8217;s not an arrow: it has its own special history.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We&#8217;ll tell you where it came from\u2014you&#8217;d be surprised\u2014and why you see it everywhere. The caret is a carrot- or chevron-shaped mark that was originally used in proofreading. The word &#8220;caret&#8221; goes all the way back to the year 1681. The early days of printing\u2014yes, printing. It&#8217;s an editing symbol that means, basically, &#8220;insert missing thing here.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In the last century, versions of it have appeared in mathematics, logic languages, computer programming, and more. It was so valuable because it was simple, recognizable, and didn&#8217;t mean anything in English. It&#8217;s even on the QWERTY keyboard because it&#8217;s used in French (like in the word &#8220;h\u00f4tel&#8221;) and other languages. Today, the caret is the go-to icon for any up and down motion\u2014like swipe-ups and accordion menus (a.k.a. dropdowns), where it means the same thing it always has: &#8220;insert something here.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>So it&#8217;s not just an arrow. It actually indicates a promise\u2014the promise of something more. Keep an eye out, because you&#8217;ll be seeing the caret everywhere.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"myclass\">Welcome to the first installment of Design Decoded, a video series that traces the history of UX design elements and uncovers why they&#8217;re so popular today. 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