What Should I Look For In a UI Typeface? | designbyIZO I’ve touched briefly before on some typefaces that I consider to be particularly good for on-screen reading. But now I wish to delve further into this realm of typography and consider: What makes a typeface good for screens and UI design in particular? In order to really understand what makes a good UI and screen-ready typeface, it’s best to start with what’s already out there, right now, and what is getting used. The “Segoe” range of fonts used by Microsoft first saw the light on their Windows Vista OS and developed further for Windows 7 and the currently in-production Windows 8. Segoe UI was met with controversy as many type designers pointed out the similarities it held with the more world-famous Frutiger. “Lucida Grande” is the UI typeface of choice for Apple’s Mac OS X. The “Ubuntu” typeface was developed by Dalton Maag for, yes, the Ubuntu Linux OS. Developed by Steve Matteson of Ascender Corporation, “Droid Sans” is currently used on Google’s Android smartphone OS. Another test?
Web Font Specimen Windows Desktop UI Concept | The Verge Forums Posted by Sputnik8 on February 24, 2012 10:24 pm This is a desktop concept that I’ve recently put together for fun. I thought I’d post a few screens to see what people here think. The screens include variations of explorer, ie (with a quick redesign of windows.com and bing), media center/player, and skype. Explorer Internet Explorer Media Center (window mode) Skype
22 Free Handwritten Fonts Collection The Handwritten Style of fonts which is called as the Typography has become significantly popular these days. Basically, a web designer should understand the importance as well as the uses of the Typography in the right place and in the right font. The handwritten fonts plays a very crucial role in any web designing project. Earlier, there were limited handwritten free fonts available but now there are more than hundreds of fonts that the web designers can make use of in their project. Try to use the dark shades of grey color or the classic black color and it is always recommended to use a white base for any content or text related websites. The style of the text in a website clearly portrays the personalities of the design as well as the designer. Faraco Hand A Year Without Rain Dear Joe 5 Casual Joy Like Sunshine Through My Windowpane Journal Angelina Lovely Eunike Hans Sweetly Broken Hand of Sean Jenna Sue Covered By Your Grace Indie Flower Waiting for the Sunrise KG You Wont Bring Me Down
Responsive Web Design Advertisement Almost every new client these days wants a mobile version of their website. It’s practically essential after all: one design for the BlackBerry, another for the iPhone, the iPad, netbook, Kindle — and all screen resolutions must be compatible, too. In the next five years, we’ll likely need to design for a number of additional inventions. When will the madness stop? It won’t, of course. In the field of Web design and development, we’re quickly getting to the point of being unable to keep up with the endless new resolutions and devices. Responsive Web design is the approach that suggests that design and development should respond to the user’s behavior and environment based on screen size, platform and orientation. The Concept Of Responsive Web Design Ethan Marcotte1 wrote an introductory article about the approach, “Responsive Web Design992,” for A List Apart. Transplant this discipline onto Web design, and we have a similar yet whole new idea. Adjusting Screen Resolution
50 Fresh and Beautiful Free Fonts from 2011 The first and foremost thing that comes in your mind when you go through an articles is the font used while typing. Well, you can ignore the fonts or put more emphasis on the content itself, but fonts are not to be ignored as well. The outlook of an article, or in other words the very preventability of it depends upon the structure and the layout of the fonts used. So, how can a font be ignored? Even a normal site becomes a very attractive piece of art with the choice of excellent font. Single web page designing is also a well known practice nowadays. Use any of these well-designed free fonts to earn more revenue from your professional sites. Ribbon Lavanderia Haymaker Franchise Airplane Homestead Oil Can Ranger Vevey Mensch Ministry Governor Tommaso Sketch Block
Responsive design : définition, fonctionnement, ressources et tutoriels Si vous vous intéressez de près ou de loin au webdesign ou à l’intégration, vous n’avez pas pu échapper au dernier terme à la mode : le “responsive web design”. Cette avancée technologique est également une nouvelle philosophie de création de site. Voici un article pour définir ce qu’est le “responsive web design” et expliquer quels en sont les points-clés (puis plein de liens, de tutoriels et de ressources super cools aussi !). Le “responsive web design” est né suite à un besoin grandissant. De nos jours, il n’y a pas un client qui demande un site Internet sans demander une version mobile de celui-ci. Seulement en quelques années le nombre d’appareils et de résolutions servant à consulter des sites web a tout simplement explosé : ordinateurs, smartphones, tablettes, web TV, grille-pain, format portrait, paysage, etc… Entre 2005 et 2008 on a identifié pas moins de 400 résolutions d’écran différentes pour tous les appareils vendus. Définition du responsive web design La mise en page La typo
Iconic Icon Set – 171 icons in raster, vector and font formats — Some Random Dude Displaying Open Iconic's SVGs are a snap. Just treat them like your typical image and away you go! Pro tip: Don't forget the alt attribute. SVG Sprite Open Iconic also comes in a SVG sprite which allows you to display all the icons in the set with a single request. Tip: To make your icons easily style able, we suggest adding a general class to the <svg> tag and a unique class name for each different icon in the <use> tag. <head> ... Sizing icons only needs basic CSS. Coloring icons is even easier. Font Icon fonts are a great fallback for SVG—and our font is pretty great. Head Body Bootstrap Font Use Bootstrap? Foundation Font Iconic also works for Foundation and functions just like Foundation's icon font.
Lovely UI Cahnory • UTF-8, comment ça marche The iPhone Tab Bar « SignificantPixels Over the last couple of years, the iPhone has greatly popularized the tab bar navigational model for mobile handsets. Apple has put together a design rationale for the tab bar in their Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) along with lots and lots of other information — they do however leave some question unanswered. Having worked with interaction and graphical design for iPhone applications during the last couple of years I’ve managed to pick up some lessons the hard way, and in this post I would like to share my thoughts on a couple of do’s and don’ts. Lesson 1: The magic number is five This hardly is news to anyone with a bit of insight into iPhone design. What happens after five? First of all, you constantly lose an extra tab You put the burden on the users to remember what is hidden beneath the “More” tab. Lesson 2: Ask the users Lesson 3: Put a lot of time on icons and copy A couple of points to keep in mind regarding the iconography and copywriting: Lesson 5: Don’t make tabs exclusive
20 Free Fonts Used In Iconic Movies A collection of 20 free fonts in total used in iconic movies. I’m a designer at heart and when ever I’m watching a movie si always pay attention to the typography used in the movie. If your anything like me you can now incorporate popular movie fonts into your designs. I hope you enjoy the fonts and would love to hear your thoughts and feedback on the post. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 28 Days Later 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. UI Design - free icons Graphic styles Library 200 graphic styles to change buttons, headers or blocks in 1 click Minimal Vector Icons 260 Vector Icons for creatingWireframes and Webdesign GUI Elements Library Hundreds of vector elementsfor designing Interfaces