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A museum of automobile typography

A museum of automobile typography

CarDatabase.net - The wheels of the web - Car photos - Car market - Car news - Car Pictures - Photo Gallery Visual Literacy: An E-Learning Tutorial on Visualization for Communication, Engineering and Business Thinking with Type | Home The Do’s and Don’ts of Dark Web Design Dark web designs are very popular and can have an elegant and creative appeal. They are also perfect for many types of client work however, they are not suitable for every website and should be used only when appropriate. In spite of the striking visual impact that these dark designs can have, many designers don’t know how to effectively pull them off without turning off the visitor. With a dark design comes less readability, less appeal for most readers and less opportunity for conventional design elements. In this post, we’ll discuss a few tips to make your next dark website design appeal to a broader audience, while letting you, the designer, express your creativity. A recent poll suggests that light designs are preferred by the general web-going audience by a whopping 47%. By contrast, 10% of those surveyed said that they always preferred dark backgrounds for websites, while another 36% said that the best choice would depend on the type of website. So, what’s the right answer?

Home | Phil Seed's Virtual Car Museum Nielsen Norman Group: UX Training, Consulting, & Research Playtype | Typographer's Glossary Serif: Serif's are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface that has serifs is called a serif typeface (or seriffed typeface). Some of the main classifications of Serif type are: Blackletter, Venetian, Garalde, Modern, Slab Serif, Transitional, and Informal. Fonts in each classfication share certain similiar characteristics including the shape or appearance of their serifs.

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