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Why Have a Fold, Anyway?

paperSo it happened again. Another client asks to have everything above the fold. Since the term “above the fold” has its roots in newspapers, I can’t help but draw the newspaper analogy.

If the goal was to have everything above the fold, then newspapers wouldn’t be folded. To ask to put everything above the fold on your website is like the newspapers switching to a half-height format.

The next thing I say is, “Yes, we can put everything above the fold, by cutting back on content.” Most clients get that I’m being sarcastic: what’s the point of having a website if you just remove all the content from it?

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The Handwriting of Type Designers

handwriting_goranThemaninblue is running a story on the handwriting of type designers.  I don’t know about you, but my handwriting barely passes for legible, and I’ve always wondered what some of the greatest type designers’ handwriting actually looks like.

The results are quite varied.  Many make me not feel so bad.  Others make me swoon.

What are your opinions?  Do you think it is important for a designer to have good handwriting in this digital age?

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9 More Rules to Designing a Logo

While my last article, which linked to Hal’s blog focused on logo design from a client’s standpoint (what to look for in a logo), today’s post focuses on what to do when you, the designer, are creating the logo.  Some of these I’ve learned in school, some of these I learned from others, but all of these “rules” I at one point disregarded until I learned again- first hand- how important they are, and why I was taught them in the first place.
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7 Steps to Designing a Logo

One of my clients is a copywriter, and has worked in the industry for a damn long time. Well, he runs a blog of his own, and has written up a very good guide on logo design.
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Conversion from Points to Pixels, ems, and %s

Use the table below to convert between points, pixels, ems, and percentages. Keep in mind that these are simply an approximation, and the real values depend on Operating System, Browser, and Font…but it’s a great starting point!
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