Mobile Design Typography is Vitally Important … and Challenging | Codrops

Mobile Design Typography is Vitally Important … and Challenging | Codrops One of the emerging challenges for web designers is creating web typography that works in the mobile environment as well. But it can be difficult, and there are many things to consider. The keys are to focus on readability, contrast, space and responsiveness. Typography…

10 Easy Image Hover Effects You Can Copy and Paste | Design Shack

10 Easy Image Hover Effects You Can Copy and Paste | Design Shack Hover effects are always a fun topic to explore. In the past, we’ve built someawesome examples of CSS hovers that were easy to copy and paste right into your code. Today, we’re going to follow that up with ten new effects specifically built…

Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers | Smashing Magazine

Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers | Smashing Magazine Finding ways to earn passive income is a growing concern among many freelance designers. I’ve always loved client work, but I have to admit that the pressure of juggling multiple bosses and constant deadlines eventually started to wear me down. As a result, in the past…

Visual Direction in Web Design

Visual Direction in Web Design One of the big secrets of design is learning how to guide the visual direction of viewers; This principle is often overlooked by even the most experienced designers, so today we’re going to take a deeper look at how it works. Visual direction is controlling the eye movement of the…

Mobile First Design: Why It’s Great and Why It Sucks

Mobile First Design: Why It’s Great and Why It Sucks Historically, most web designers and their clients have approached the desktop side of any project first, while leaving the mobile part as a secondary goal that gets accomplished later. Even with the rise of responsive design, many of us begin with the “full size” site…

Web Design Vocabulary Refresh Part 2: CSS Structure

Web Design Vocabulary Refresh Part 2: CSS Structure What’s the difference between a property and a selector? How is a declaration different than a declaration block and what’s a CSS rule? How do I tell the difference between a pseudo class and a pseudo element?