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Steven Jenkins
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better at design
hat makes a good web page/site/app
design? It’s a pretty broad question but
you can guarantee that it will include
fonts,colourandlayout.Theseareall
essential components of the process and
getting them right will go a long way to
creating a design that works.
This issue Web Designer has decided to
bring together a swathe of tips, techniques and
insight on fonts, type, colour and layout. It all kicks off
on page 42 where we take a closer look at why you
need to pick the right font, what a font portrays to
the reader, the golden rules for picking font
combinations and what is trending in the world of
typography. UX/UI designer and Better Web Type
author Matej Latin reveals his six steps to achieving
meaningful typography. Then it’s on to colour.
Discover what you need to know to get the perfect
palette, how colour and accessibility should work
together, the tools to help get the perfect colour
scheme and what colours suggest to users.
We take an in-depth look at the process of creating
and designing layouts and how CSS Grid fits into the
process. There is also a peek at what lies ahead for
layouts. CSS Regions anyone?
Do you want to build a HTML page in double
quick? Of course you do. We reveal 10 of the best
static site generators to help make this happen.
Plus, we have the usual collection of must-read
tutorials and interviews. Enjoy.
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Layout is one of the most important aspects of the
web and applications. Get it wrong and your users will
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Designer resources
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Video Tuition – Over three hours of expert JavaScript video guides
from Pluralsight (pluralsight.com)
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