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Just came across an excellent article that clearly illustrates core design concepts that help inform any website design.
Written by Ahmed Hussam for Web Design TutsPlus (Apr 13th 2012), the following is an excerpt from Visual Direction in Web Design.
I recently needed to reduce an A0 size file down to A3 and was confronted by loads of pages showing formulas for working this out.
But I wanted an easier way. Thankfully Markus Kuhn‘s website has a quick reference chart with ready-made resizing percentages.
The A series of paper [...]
Many factors affect color accuracy when creating and editing digital images. As with print, color on the web depends on the environment in which the image is created. Unlike print, web-based images can change every time they’re displayed because the monitors of users will vary, and no press check can catch problems that crop up.
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A well designed business card can be an invaluable marketing asset, that spreads the word on who you are and what you do. But what else does it say? Do you ever consider your cards environmental credentials?
Most of our traditional printing processes have a dark history of environmental pollution. Pulp collected from old growth [...]
