Category Archives: Design
MW2 Clan Website
So you might have noticed that I haven’t written in a few days. I’ve actually been quite busy working on my clan’s website (Nine Eleven Clan). Some of you guys are probably wondering what a clan is. Basically it’s a group of people that you play video games with, which makes me a nerd. I [...]
Emphasis
Today we’re gonna talk a little about emphasis. Now, I already started to cover this in my last post. I ended up ranting about the use of all capital letters, though. In this post we’ll be taking a look at the individual ways you can add emphasis to your text, and talk about some best [...]
Capital Letters
I’m going to tackle an issue that I see as a very common problem. Most people understand that it is important to emphasize things in their text. Most people also understand that ways of doing this include using bold letters, italic letters, capital letters, different colors, and large text. Unfortunately, though, most people really have [...]
To Serif or Not to Serif?
I told you I’d be writing more frequently! I even intend to get back to work on my digital photography series soon. Today we’re going to look at the differences between serif and sans-serif fonts. We’ve got a lot of work to do, so let’s get started.
What the heck does serif mean?
I dislike French as [...]
text, fonts, and typography
I haven’t been posting here much, as you may have noticed. See, I’ve wanted to do a large, combined post on good fonts and how to use them. The project seemed to get bigger and bigger as I added more fonts; it got to where just the thought of the project made me not [...]
Some Print Tips
I’ll admit, I haven’t done a lot of printing. Actually, I have done a lot of printing… just not the sort that involves design. I designed some calling cards for whattheblindsee.com a while back. While I think they looked fairly nice they were extremely impractical from a printing perspective. I submitted my design to uPrinting [...]
Line Height