Top Ten Web Typography Sins

By Steven D.
While many designers have been quick to embrace web standards, it’s surprising how often the basic standards of typography are neglected. Here are ten deadly sins to avoid in your web typography:
1. Using hyphens instead of an em dash

If you need to interrupt yourself, do it with an em dash (alt+0151) instead of [...]

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How To Stop Being A Lazy Designer

From working with wide range of projects, I have learned one thing: designers are lazy (sometimes myself included). Most often it comes from our desire to get a quick signoff and move on with the next project. While several posts could have been written on this, I offer here a few suggestions guaranteed to make [...]

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Design and Independence

Nic Pretorius
Designers are independent. In work, thought and lifestyle. Yet in this Internet age, are we not losing independence? The tool of choice, for most designers is the Adobe suite. A great set of tools that enable and transform our work. But are we not too reliant on Adobe? For years people have been watching [...]

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