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- 50 incredible fonts for graphic and web designers
Found a website that links to some fabulous free fonts:
The web is rich with creative and amazing fonts, and the choice is enormous. So today we would like to present 50 incredible FONT which you can use for web or print design. This collection will sure help you improve your typography skills! Let’s take a [...]
- Design can be in black and white
Designs can be just as effective, if not more so in some cases, when only black and white is used. Over using colours can be the downfall of what would otherwise be a successful design. To prove my point, here are some examples of typography in black and white. You can see how effective they [...]
- sIFR 2.0: Rich Accessible Typography for the Masses
A common grievance for web designers is that the fonts they are able to use in their design text depends on what the user has installed on their machine. Of course images can be used as a replacement to text, so the designer may use whatever font they choose and it will display, but this [...]
- The Principles of Beautiful Typography
What are the fundamental parts that make up good typography practice? This article is very informative and spans serveral pages, but makes for an interesting read.
Let’s face it: the core purpose of all web design is communication. Whether we’re talking about an online ecommerce store, a web presence for a Fortune 500 company, or a [...]
- Presenting Information Architecture
Webpage layout and organisation should be at the forefront of every designer’s mind as it’s an essential part of designing. This article gives some brainfood on why, plus some clear examples (you will need to go to their website for this).
Site planning with a team is often easier if you base your major structural planning [...]
- Graphic Design Tips
This is a really long article including lots of useful tips on graphic design, which can also be applied to web design.
Many people might think that it’s easy to convert a print brochure to a website and vica versa, but it’s not that easy at all. Things to take into consideration would be the following:
Resolution [...]
- 5 Complimentary Skills to Graphic Design
I stumbled upon this interesting article from youthedesigner.com whilst researching for this website. It is pretty close to home for me as I am on the brink of being a new graduate in the current economic climate, so it is important to stay in touch with what prospective employers will be looking for.
In today’s economy [...]
- Five Simple Steps
This book is an absolute must read from Mark Boulton – A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web.
The book is broken down into five chapters for easy reading. Part One is ‘getting started’ which contains background information about working as a web designer, from Boulton’s first hand perspective and there’s also some [...]
- 6 People Every Graphic Designer Should Know
I particularly like that fact that a web designer is one of the six people every graphic designer should know! It does go to show that being just a graphic designer or just a web designer isn’t enough any more. A designer should possess as many skills and as much knowledge as they can!
Networking is [...]
- 60 Brilliant Typefaces for Corporate Design
I like finding lists of new fonts to try. Though I don’t like it as much when they aren’t free, being a poor student! However, some of these fonts are definitely worth the pennies. I particularly like Museo, and was chuffed to learn I can download three variations of this font for free!
Typography is [...]
