This week on Friday Focus: designs that are dressed in fine typography and details.
Designs of the Week
Social Media Weekly
Usability – The 10-Second Usability Test
“Is your site usable? Testing the usability of a site is one of the first things to be done during the search engine optimisation process. Keeping tabs on usability is one of the ways to assess how much work your site is going to need to pull it up in the rankings.”
Design – Taking Type to the Next Level with Alternate Characters
“Are you sick of your type looking plain and boring? Many OpenType fonts have alternate characters built into them that can transform your type into a beautiful piece of art. By using these alternate characters you can add things like flourishes and flair to your type with ease.”
Ideas – 10 Principles That May Make Your Work Better Or May Make It Worse
“I was asked to map my own ocean and to document a few of my guiding principles. They may be of assistance to you. They may not. But then again, it’d be a shame if we were all working off the same map, looking for the same treasure.”
Mobile – 10 Great Tools to Create a Mobile Version of Your Site
