Thursday, February 26, 2009

Don’t Be Afraid of Serif Fonts

Summary of the Article:

Typography is very important in web design however also the number of fonts you use is more important than the type of font you use. It was said by many other web design articles that sans-serif font is the best and general font you should use for building websites or in general. But, serif fonts can be attractive and does have advantages though it also has disadvantages.

The advantages of the serif fonts are:
- Since most of the websites use sans-serif, serif fonts can give a fresh and new look
- It helps the font stand out
- Serif fonts gives a web designer more to work with

The disadvantages of the serif fonts are:
- Serif fonts look terrible when they are italicized
- Serif fonts have worse readability when they are small
- The serif fonts have more of a personal or informative feel rather than a business feel.

Written by: David Rodriguez

Source From: http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/86/dont_be_afraid_of_serif_fonts/

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

A Good Web Site Essentials

Summary of the Article:

Some website out in the web really is bad. This is because of poor design, layout and bad content and list. There are some basic fundamentals on creating a good website and they are:

- Title of the website is important because it decides whether you want to look at it or not.
- Content of the website is important because it brings guests back if the content is good and interesting
- Grammar and spelling is essential in a good website. Grammar or spelling mistakes makes the website not trustworthy
- Images and fonts are also important because the font and images decides whether the reader/audience’s eyes are going to be pleasant or not
- Page length is another essential. The content should be short and brief and it should only contain the main points. Audience gets bored of long web pages.
- Links should be made so that it is easy to access.

Source from:
http://www.selfseo.com/story-19541.php

Written by: Methyl Vizcarra