If you cant afford a graphic designer
Are you too broke to afford a proper designer? or are you just sick of taking stick from your fluffies?
read this http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/06/7-tips-for-amat.html
subscribe to this http://typeforyou.blogspot.com
look at how typeface is used
> http://www.apple.com/
> http://www.goodreads.com/
> http://tutorialblog.org/top-10-sites-about-typography/
> http://www.bbc.co.uk
subscribe to this also http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
Add these to your favorites
> http://www.urbanfonts.com
> http://www.dafont.com
find out more (a good place to start) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica
Most of all read your companies Brand design guidelines
2 Responses to “If you cant afford a graphic designer”
ManjitBedi
Hey Simon.
Funny that you posted this. I have ended up doing some pixel pushing and basic design work at my current employer a little while ago.
I do have some design sense – I am not a total design ignoramus.
I will read your links later.
And I also inadvertenly introduced the term “fluffies” here as well. He heh.
Manjit
simon
I posted this because Im doing shead loads of design work too.
Almost every day I wish I could just pop over to the fluffies and finger painters.
I have decided that If every I get to run a coropration … Im going to train everyone about two things
> care about fonts (never use comic sans)
> use a grid, and make sure that it all lines up
It makes so much diference.
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