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Posts about designing everything from logos to themes and templates. The style of things to come and how we got there. What to look for and what to avoid.

Infographics that Educate and Inspire

By |2017-07-15T13:17:07-04:00August 23rd, 2010|Design, Fun, Infographics|

There's nothing better than a well-produced infographic — a chart that simply and beautifully captures and displays a bunch of quantitative information that would take pages of text to explain in words. Some things to look for in a good infographic include quick clarity (the presenting of data in not only a lucid but also [...]

Web Fonts: The New Face of the Web

By |2017-07-15T13:17:09-04:00July 16th, 2010|Design, Tools and Technology, Website Design and Development|

You may have noticed, in your travels across the Web, that while web pages have a nearly infinite variability in their overall designs, the fonts on those pages are extremely limited. If you haven't noticed, go ahead and surf to a few pages right now. Go ahead; I'll wait. Most web sites rely on a [...]

Why you can’t just use that image you found

By |2018-05-20T16:56:00-04:00June 22nd, 2010|Advertising and Media, Design|

The Internet is about delivery of content, and protection of ownership and content is increasingly becoming big business. Using someone’s photo or drawing without permission falls into the category of copyright infringement.

Do you know what a ligature is?

By |2017-09-01T12:04:46-04:00June 17th, 2010|Design|

Being a typographer, I am often frustrated at myself for letting my typographic neuroses get the better of me. Movie credits, menus, and signage of all sorts provide fodder for rants and raves about how bad use of letterforms is ruining the world. Equally frustrating to me is how bad typography is accepted so easily [...]

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