10 Rules for Page Layout and Design
Posted on: August 27, 2009 | Category: graphic design | No Comment
This article is about the basic rules for Page Layout and Design, especially for: book prints, editorials, articles, brochures and all other kinds of marketing material which contain (big) parts of content/text.
1. There is no such thing as an ‘unbreakable rule’! But break them carefully; only when you are sure that, by doing so, you are creating a more effective piece.
2. Keep it simple. Don’t clutter [ read more .. ]
The Elements & Principles of Graphic Design
Posted on: August 25, 2009 | Category: graphic design | No Comment
Get a better understanding of the basics of graphic design by studying the elements and principles of graphic design that govern effective design and page layout.
Graphic design is the process and art of combining text and graphics and communicating an effective message in the design of logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs and any other type of visual communication.
Designers achieve their goals by utilizing the [ read more .. ]
How Can CSS Benefit Website Design?
Posted on: August 18, 2009 | Category: digital / web media | 3 Comments
CSS or Cascading Style Sheets is a stylesheet language that describes the presentation of web documents. Web pages that are written in HTML and XHTML can be styled in many ways by using CSS.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used to give a stylistic look and formatting of the page elements like layout color, fonts, alignments, images etc. to a document that written in the markup [ read more .. ]
Webdesign: Color & CSS
Posted on: August 11, 2009 | Category: digital / web media | 4 Comments
According to the W3C, a CSS color is either a keyword or a numerical specification. That definition seems simple. Colors are either keywords or numbers, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.
Color Keywords
Color keywords are exactly what you might think they are: a list of words (in English) that correspond to colors on Web pages. There are 16 x HTML 4.01 color keywords:
aqua
black
blue
fuchsia
gray
lime
green
maroon
navy
olive
purple
red
silver
teal
white
yellow
To make [ read more .. ]
25 Best Known Classic Typefaces
Posted on: August 7, 2009 | Category: typography | 40 Comments
Eric Gill, Adrian Frutiger, Erik Spiekermann and Max Miedinger are names we associate with the classic typefaces designers use on a daily basis. Their font creations are timeless designs that look right at home no matter what century we’re in.
This collection of 25 classic typefaces is a round up of the best and most popular fonts every designer should own. You can be sure that they will [ read more .. ]
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