Posts tagged “essential”

1. FT redesign: modern, readable and accessible — Leon, 20/11/08 (18)

   The FT’s redesign shows more ‘progressive’ newspapers the way ahead, without using an overly-complicated grid. And just 9 links in the navbar.

2. 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.

3. Grids: Great, but use with care — Leon, 01/10/08 (7)

   Using grids for page layout is a great idea. But put the content before the grid.

4. Simplifying The Guardian’s header — Leon, 20/09/08 (20)

   The Guardian is an excellent newspaper, but the design of the online version could be improved in several ways, starting with the header.

5. Writing great articles: anatomy of a BBC news story — Leon, 13/08/08 (10)

   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.

6. 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.

7. 6 newspaper writing techniques for the web — Leon, 17/07/08 (2)

   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.

8. 5 web design sins from the experts — Leon, 15/06/08 (6)

   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.