After discussing design details with a client last week, I was asked randomly, “So… What is it exactly that designers hate about Comic Sans? I happen to like it.” While the though of her liking it made it hard to swallow, the question posed a serious thought for me – What exactly do I dislike about Comic Sans? I mean, come [...]
Archive for December, 2008
How to create interactive PDF forms
If you’re like me then you like everything from your website down to your legal contracts to look well designed and function to your client’s liking — which in most cases is… easily! The problem with creating forms and other documentation for a client to fill out is most are created in Microsoft Word, or other [...]
Educating Clients to Say Yes
I came across an interesting video the other day by Paul Boag, a well-recognized face in the world of web design and podcasting, presenting various tips and techniques on how we can make clients understand our work and approve of our decisions. A few posts back I posted the question “Do your clients need to [...]
Tiny Tutorial: Improve justified type settings
Tiny Tutorials is a new feature on the Design Cubicle which will focus on short and handy design tutorials and tips. In my very first ‘Tiny Tutorial’, I will be discussing techniques and tips I’ve learned along the way to improve justified type, such as how to tweak the word spacing, letter spacing and glyph [...]
50+ Websites Submitted by the Designers — Part 2
Following on from part 1, 26 more talented designers submit there favorite websites that they designed for clients, themselves or for experimental purposes. Elio Rivero, ILoveColors “For the design, I wanted something grungy and colorful, since colors conveys a lot of mixed emotions. I wanted something that looked like you could touch it instead of [...]
50+ Websites Submitted by the Designers — Part 1
Yet again, I asked my friends on Twitter and readers if they would be interested in submitting their favorite website they designed for a client, themselves or as an experiment. Since the submissions received was well beyond what I’d initially expected (53 to be exact!), I will be breaking this post into a 2 part [...]
