The best kind of simple is the kind that makes information obvious and using the site easy, not the sparest interface

The simple concept that simple is best is not so simple. Simple as opposed to confusing is good. Simple as opposed to busy is not so straight forward a call

Georgia was well-received, but initially proved less popular than Verdana, which was hailed throughout the late 1990s as the defining typeface of the new digital era. By the early 2000s taste was changing. Georgia’s popularity also reflects our growing ease with computers. Improvements in screen quality have made it easier to read more sophisticated fonts [...]

Other than choosing font size and face, typography is often forgotten in web design . But use good typographic principles and you will make your site better. People won’t know why because much of good typography is subliminal. It will just look better and be more readable. While a deep understanding of typography requires lots [...]

I usually don’t tell my clients that I design on a Mac. Too many don’t know that a web page should be platform agnostic. Oh, there will generally be a tweak or two in the style sheet to pander to any of a host of Internet Explorer CSS shortcomings. But anybody who attempts to build [...]

I’m planning a photo play day this weekend, weather permitting. In and of itself, this is a good thing. Though, I’m going to take photos for free to use on a site for a client. I know that it is not generally a good idea to give my time away. But the photos will fill [...]

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