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FT redesign: modern, readable and accessible
The FT’s redesign shows more ‘progressive’ newspapers the way ahead, without using an overly-complicated grid. And just 9 links in the navbar.
Paragraphs on the web: a typographical guide
The humble paragraph isn’t normally given much typographical attention, but this fundamental element of our writing needs to be treated with respect.
Grids: Great, but use with care
Using grids for page layout is a great idea. But put the content before the grid.
Simplifying The Guardian’s header
The Guardian is an excellent newspaper, but the design of the online version could be improved in several ways, starting with the header.
Writing great articles: anatomy of a BBC news story
The BBC writes excellent web copy. This post looks at some of the techniques the BBC uses to make reading from the web a pleasure.
Introducing the “Into the White” theme for WordPress
Into the White is a simple, usable and typographically pleasant WordPress theme.
6 newspaper writing techniques for the web
A lot has been written about using newspapers as a model for screen layouts. A more fruitful area of investigation is the way in which newspaper articles are written, rather than how they are laid out.
5 web design sins from the experts
Even top designers make decisions that can adversely affect the usability and accessibility of their sites. This article looks at 5 common mistakes made by the masters.
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- Readability and font sizes
- FT redesign: modern, readable and accessible
- Nielsen or not to Nielsen
- 5 dos and don’ts of submitting content for editing
- Writing WordPress themes is easy
- Single columns, Andy Rutledge, loss of laptop: 123
- Produce!
- Really simple design: a second example
- Paragraphs on the web: a typographical guide
- Going pink for October
- Grids: Great, but use with care
- Site redesign
- Simplifying The Guardian’s header
- Introducing the “Velouria” theme for WordPress
- Really simple web design: an example
- Latest work: Ipswich Scrabble Club
- Welcome! Smashing Magazine readers
- Image replacement: problems when words are pictures (part 1)
- Comments, spam: problems
- Writing great articles: anatomy of a BBC news story
- Unintelligible business language #1
- When CSS works beautifully
- A brief update
- About the “Into the White” theme for WordPress
- Introducing the “Into the White” theme for WordPress
- Smashing Magazine’s ideal blog layout
- Recreating the Guardian’s masthead
- 6 newspaper writing techniques for the web
- Simple is difficult, right?
- Pleasing textual effects (#1)
- 5 web design sins from the experts
- Guardian redesign
- Why use grids?
- Wainright typography
- Supersize your site - big text sizes
- Reduce your site
- How to get leading right (part 2)
- How to get leading right (part 1)
- Your best microcontent of all
- Times for print, Georgia for screen