40 Beautiful Free Fonts For Creating Attractive Typography Headlines A sweet collection of carefully handpicked high quality free fonts, which are all suitable to be used for creating attractive typography headlines which will attract people’s attention. A collection of amazing fonts which are suitable and perfect for web design projects as well print based projects. There is a misconception by designers that free fonts are usually cheap looking and cannot be used in order to create a good design, but what designers don’t realise is that there is the odd good free font it just takes time in order to find the perfects ones. This is the exact purpose of this article to be bookmarked by designers and to referred to in the future when working on a design projects where money may be tight and the client can’t afford to splash out on big expensive fonts. This post will be a handy resource for designers searching high quality good free fonts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. attempa 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
10 Usability Tips Based on Research Studies We hear plenty usability tips and techniques from an incalculable number of sources. Many of the ones we take seriously have sound logic, but it’s even more validating when we find actual data and reports to back up their theories and conjectures. This article discusses usability findings of research results such as eye-tracking studies, reports, analytics, and usability surveys pertaining to website usability and improvements. 1. The idea that users will get frustrated if they have to click more than three times to find a piece of content on your website has been around for ages. Logically, it makes sense. But why the arbitrary three-click limit? In fact, most users won’t give up just because they’ve hit some magical number. A study conducted by Joshua Porter published on User Interface Engineering found out that users aren’t more likely to resign to failure after three clicks versus a higher number such as 12 clicks. Source: User Interface Engineering Sources and Further Reading 2. Dr.
Co.Design - Tue, Mar 22 2011 10 free and useful Dingbats fonts For a recent project I’ve been needing some pictograms, my lazyness pushed me to use some existing ones and I ended up doing some extended research for it. So here are some great dingbat fonts that you can download for free. 1. Glyphyx 2. 3. And of course, Notice 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 4 Best User Interface Pattern Libraries | UXMovement.com by anthony on 09/13/10 at 2:45 pm As designers, sometimes we need a little inspiration to get our creative juices flowing. Looking at examples of different user interface patterns could give us the ideas we need to design something amazing. That’s why I put together four of the best user interface design pattern libraries around the web. I have searched and looked at dozens. Elements of Design Pattern Tap Patternry UI Patterns
2011 IDA Congress, Taipei 20 Creative and Unique Typefaces We live in a world surrounded by Times New Roman, Arial and Helvetica, typefaces so functional that they have long since become boring. It’s a shame that we rarely come into contact with the wealth of endlessly creative typefaces out there, relying instead on the tried and tested. I have scoured the web to bring you 20 of the most creative typefaces available, many of which have been designed by amateur typographers. Most of them are free to download and use (some for non-commercial purposes only), so please make the most of them. Together, we can push for a more diverse, interesting and ultimately creative typeface landscape.With that in mind, here they are: twenty seriously creative typefaces. 1. Characters in this typeface appear as though they have been written in fountain pen onto slightly absorbent paper. 2. Skinographie is a typeface constructed solely from clothes pegs and skin. 3. 4. This typeface is very reminiscent of European street art. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
35 Excellent Wireframing Resources - Noupe Design Blog Oct 05 2010 Wireframing is an important part of the design process, one that shouldn’t be overlooked by even the most experienced designers. Wireframes can save development time by outlining exactly how a site should look and function, in a manner that can be shown to and approved by your clients. But wireframing can be confusing, especially to new designers. Wireframing Articles The articles featured here discuss wireframing and prototyping both from a theoretical and a practical point of view. My Five Commandments for Wireframing A podcast and article from Boagworld on good practices for wireframing, including why you should wireframe and the benefits of paper wireframing. Wireframes for the Wicked Here’s a slideshow that talks about the purpose of wireframes and the different types of wireframes. Sometimes, the Best Wireframing Tool is a Pencil A brief post on why wireframing with paper and a pencil sometimes works better than using computer-based tools. The Future of Wireframes?
互動詩篇 New Media Arts 9 New High-Quality Free Fonts We’re always trying to find new high-quality freebies. Whether it’s textures, Photoshop brushes, or icons, we love finding free stuff and sharing it with you. We do the searching so you don’t have to. Null Roke 1984 Alt Lautus Thin Yellow Cream Skyhook Mono Regular Spatha My Fair Cody FR Hopper 430 & 431 Certto Headline About the Author Henry Jones is a web developer, designer, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience. Related Posts shares 10 Best New Free Fonts We’ve been on the prowl for some new free fonts to share with you. Read More 9 Free & Useful Fonts for your Designs Whether it’s PSD’s or icons, we love finding high quality free files and sharing them with our readers.
What Is User Experience Design? Overview, Tools And Resources - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Websites and Web applications have become progressively more complex as our industry’s technologies and methodologies advance. What used to be a one-way static medium has evolved into a very rich and interactive experience. But regardless of how much has changed in the production process, a website’s success still hinges on just one thing: how users perceive it. “Does this website give me value? User experience design is all about striving to make them answer “Yes” to all of those questions. What Is User Experience? User experience (abbreviated as UX) is how a person feels when interfacing with a system. Those who work on UX (called UX designers) study and evaluate how users feel about a system, looking at such things as ease of use, perception of the value of the system, utility, efficiency in performing tasks and so forth. UX designers also look at sub-systems and processes within a system. Why Is UX Important? There was no science behind what we did. Complex Systems
50 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials Six RevisionsMenu Main Categories CSSHTMLJavaScript Web DesignWordPressWeb Development Design InspirationUX DesignUI Design FreebiesTutorialsTools Links AboutContactAdvertise RSSTwitterFacebook 50 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials By Jacob Gube Icons are essential in any graphical user interface. In this article, you’ll find a wide selection of tutorials and resources to help you learn about designing icons. General Tutorials 1. 2. 3. 10 Mistakes in Icon Design 4. 5. 6. 7 Principles of Effective Icon Design 7. 10 Tips for Effective Icon Design 8. 9. Illustrator Tutorials 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Photoshop Tutorials 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. iTune Icon 47. 48. 49. 50. Related content This was published on Feb 11, 2009 Previous PostNext Post 58 Comments KaylaFeb 11 2009 Great list! Raymond SeldaFeb 11 2009 In my opinion, designing icons is time consuming but very rewarding once you’ve finished it. Thanks. wow! Wow!
20 Beautiful Fonts for Big and Effective Headlines Typography is one of the most important design element. Design with good typography looks better and is easier to read or scan the content. Headlines are important typography design element. In this article you will find 20 beautiful fonts for creating big and effective headlines in your designs. Franchise Nevis Molot CollegiateFLF Museo Expressway GreatLakes Delicious Telegrafico Bebas Pirulen ChunkFive League Gothic PublicGothic Forque Tertre Gnuolane Kilogram Herald Seattle Sans Guaranteed success for 642-902 and 642-813 on first attempt!