Posts tagged “design”

1. Text is text is text is text — Leon, 13/06/09 (5)

   There’s nothing wrong with web pages that look boring and conventional. The role of web design is to make content comprehensible, readable and accessible (and any other -ible or -able you can think of).

2. Two blog formats: magazines and journals — Leon, 26/05/09 (4)

   Blogs can be very loosely categorised as either journals or magazines, although many blur the line between the two formats.

3. How print and web are different — Leon, 30/04/09 (1)

   Jason Santa Maria’s SVA Dot Dot Dot Lecture provides a wonderful overview of the differences between print and web design. It also raises some interesting questions about the history of web design, and how positive an influence print is.

4. Poor sign up processes: Love Film — Leon, 25/04/09 (10)

   Love Film provides a baffling experience for new customers. Here’s what happened when I tried to sign up.

5. Leon Paternoster version 5 — Leon, 06/01/09 (31)

   Welcome to version 5 of leonpaternoster.com

6. 2008: sites, highlights, lowlights — Leon, 31/12/08 (4)

   2008 was a year of minimalist design and a row over a designer’s portrayal of Obama as Lenin.

7. Horizontal navbars: CSS/HTML how-to — Leon, 23/12/08 (14)

   It’s Christmas time, so what better time of year to offer loyal Leon Paternoster readers some elegant navbar CSS.

8. Nielsen or not to Nielsen — Leon, 19/11/08 (5)

   Jakob Nielsen is the god of usability. But what would happen if all sites looked like his?

9. Writing WordPress themes is easy — Leon, 03/11/08 (0)

   Getting WordPress to display posts, create archive lists and play nicely with Twitter et al is easy: designing an accessible, readable website isn’t.

10. Paragraphs on the web: a typographical guide — Leon, 11/10/08 (3)

    The humble paragraph isn’t normally given much typographical attention, but this fundamental element of our writing needs to be treated with respect.

11. Introducing the Into the White theme for WordPress — Leon, 01/08/08 (34)

    Into the White is a simple, usable and typographically pleasant WordPress theme.

12. Smashing Magazine’s ideal blog layout — Leon, 26/07/08 (6)

    Smashing Magazine analysed the features of the top 100 Technorati blogs. I’ve converted them into a complete ‘perfect blog’ design.

13. Why use grids? — Leon, 24/05/08 (6)

    The grid is now accepted as the best tool for positioning elements on a web page. But is this assumption correct?

14. How to get leading right (part 2) — Leon, 17/05/08 (3)

    In part 1 of this article I looked at the basics of leading, namely what it is, why it needs to be set and how to go about setting it. In this part I’ll discuss the finer points of leading: Setting a consistent value across your site and how to use it with headings.

15. How to get leading right (part 1) — Leon, 11/05/08 (1)

    Getting the leading correct and consistent across your site will make your reader’s experience a more pleasurable one. This article discusses implementing leading using CSS.