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31 Comments
- reflexblue, on 04/03/2009, -0/+12*it's
*their
*it's
*their
*it's
*their - vdogg89, on 04/03/2009, -2/+13I wish everyone would read this article
- arleym, on 04/03/2009, -1/+11px can't be resized. I know this isn't an issue in newer browsers like FF3 which scale the entire site, but some browsers scale the text.
So, while 10px will always be 10px, the em can change, allowing people who have trouble reading your text to resize it. If you do your layout in ems this will grow with it and prevent the text from busting out.
It's more work, but more accessible. - cadmiumpaint, on 04/03/2009, -0/+8considering we live in the age of "i have a torrent of photoshop so i'm a designer" its not that they ignore the rules....its more that they are completely ignorant of them.
- inactive, on 04/03/2009, -2/+10Excellent article. I'd love to get some other designers' opinions about "em" vs. "px" for font-size and line-height. I've had a problem using "em" line-heights because different browsers render the spacing differently, whereas "px" appear the same across all browsers.
Anyone have thoughts? - FLarsen, on 04/03/2009, -0/+5He's probably also going to run a spell check.
- smackydoodle, on 04/03/2009, -0/+5So because I clicked on a helpful design article while reading other headlines I'm no longer a real designer? Don't tell my boss!
Design divas are cute with their lil attitudes. - Rantul, on 04/03/2009, -5/+9It's some rudimentary stuff, but rules that lots of poor designers constantly ignore.
- ultrafez, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4Actually, there's two occurences of 'there' that were incorrect; the first should be "their" and the second should have been "they're".
- johnkeils, on 04/03/2009, -2/+5brilliant article....its annoying when designers/coders don't space the text properly
- rswelling, on 04/03/2009, -1/+4Yes EVERYONE should read this article not just designers, it might help next time I'm trying to explain it to a client hahaha.
- FLarsen, on 04/03/2009, -0/+3Yes, I see nothing wrong with it other than "there" (which is a little annoying so I decided to make a joke about it).
- spookyturtle, on 04/03/2009, -0/+3Of course, that depends on the design. If you're designing a book, you can use more, but most people get mixed up in using two typefaces that are WAY too similar (ie Helvetica+Univers+a websafe sanserif).
- annjay, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2After long time ago, I have read such an interesting and really useful article on digg fp...
- Icebox3, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2Very good article. For the first rule though it's easier to think 8-10 words per line rather than x amount of characters.
- milkmit, on 04/03/2009, -2/+4There should have added a couple more simple guidelines:
- Use no more than 2-3 typefaces per design.
- Use proportions relative to the golden mean. For example, 2:3 or 3:5 type sizes (roughly more or less the golden mean) usually work well together. For instance, pair a headline at 15px with a body type of 9px, etc. It doesn't always work with all typefaces because of differences in x-heights and such, but it's a good start most of the time.
- Experiment with combinations of different cases and different types of typefaces. For instance, all-caps san serif for headlines, camelcase serif for body type. CSS can enforce this, regardless of content case. Also, when combining typefaces of different sizes, it's sometimes nice to use an all-caps sans serif that is the same height of the x-height of a lower/camelcase serif face, etc. - FLarsen, on 04/03/2009, -1/+3Consectetur adipiscing elit people, that's what it's all about!
- graywolfz10, on 04/03/2009, -1/+2When do you ever waste time talking shop with a client, people always complain about how dumb clients are but its not there job to know design its there job to run a business and its ours to put there idea out there.
- ingernet, on 04/03/2009, -0/+1mightierthanthesword.
- ShiftyBizniss, on 04/03/2009, -4/+5Dugg for #8: Clean Rag..
hehe
There are probably a lot
o f g o o d
tips in this article but I only read number
eight. - Rantul, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Very true
- Kam3k, on 04/04/2009, -0/+1By using a reset spreadsheet such as Yahoo's YUI CSS reset you can usually overcome that problem. I personally like Blueprint's reset and baseline typeography css as a starting point.
- cubicledrone, on 04/03/2009, -4/+5Unless your design is on IE. Then it looks like an unwiped ass.
Thank you. - 5fifteen, on 04/04/2009, -1/+1People need to let go of the EM crap. PX is good.
- Kamino, on 04/03/2009, -4/+4Dugg for not choosing a psychologically satisfying number.
- inactive, on 04/04/2009, -1/+1Anyone who doesn't know these very basic things shouldn't be designing.
- pieterbeulque, on 05/17/2009, -0/+0Minimum 10px font-size. If it's smaller, there's always a chance people can't read it.
Also: main content in sans-serif fonts is a pleasure for our eyes. - graywolfz10, on 04/03/2009, -3/+2In other words my statement is true and you don't have anything better to say.
- topgigmedia, on 04/03/2009, -5/+2"Use no more than 2 or 3 typeface per design..."
A little draconian and limiting don't ya think? I do not see how such a blanket "rule" can apply to all situations. - graywolfz10, on 04/03/2009, -10/+4If a real designer is looking to improve there design there not going to consult digg.
/bubble burst. - ToiletSeat, on 04/03/2009, -9/+0penis
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