Web typography Traditional print designers have a huge amount of options available to them when it comes to typography, including the sheer numbers of fonts available, and options for positioning text. Typography on the web is a lot more limited, because we must design using fonts and positioning, etc that [...]

What is Accessibility? Accessibility is treating everyone, no matter what their ability, the same. Most discussions of accessibility first talk about disability. This implies that people with a disability deserve special treatment. This isn’t what accessibility is about—it’s actually a symptom of the way people have traditionally built buildings, web [...]

The basics of web design can be simplified into 5 subjects: the grid, color palette, navigation, design principles, and typography. The Grid Color Palette Navigation Design Principles Typography The Website Eight Hour Day Design boutique created by designers Nathan Strandberg and Katie Kirk. http://www.eighthourday.com There’s so much to love about [...]

The visual design of your site should be created as a digital file in Photoshop. Photoshop is the industry standard for creating design comps for the web. Note the following: Be sure to set the width and height of the document in pixels, the color mode to RGB, and the [...]

Your website will be displayed on screens with a variety of resolutions — from mobile devices with small screen dimensions to large desktop monitors set to 1024 x 768 and beyond. As a designer, you need to be sure your pages will look fine when displayed in the different circumstances [...]