Category Archives: Tutorial

Typography, design and best practices

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Tia

I am a big fan of Smashing Magazine, an online design resource for graphic and web designers. They always have interesting articles that help in all aspects of design. They also have lots of freebies like fonts and tutorials. Recently … Continue reading →

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Web safe colours

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Tia

When I started web design many years ago, the idea of using web-safe colours was still considered the standard. Back then many computers supported max 256 different colors, so it was important for the designer to use colours from a … Continue reading →

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Critiquing web site designs

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Tia

I am often asked to critique web site designs DIY-style. Sometimes the only thing I can say that is positive about a design is that I like the use of a particular colour. I always try to be fair but … Continue reading →

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