18 Feb
Our Design Trends Prediction for This Year
- Posted by Paul Heaton
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- Modern Retro, Responsiveness, Storytelling, Typography, Usability
As a graphic design agency in Manchester we ensure that we pay very close attention to design trends – both online and offline. So, in this post, we have completed a quick roundup of what we consider to be the emerging graphic design trends of 2016. Usability This is one of the buzzwords for the
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20 Mar
Look out whilst reversing
- Posted by Paul Heaton
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- design, font weights, reversed, text
Some designers prefer content that is on a coloured background or reversed out of an image with the text in a lighter colour or white, however, many get it wrong. Using a lighter text colour can make the page ‘more interesting’ or ‘punchy’ when done correctly but legibility needs to be at the forefront of
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12 Jan
What is the difference between ‘kerning’ and ‘leading’?
- Posted by Paul Heaton
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- Ascenders, CMYK, Decenders, Design terms, jpeg, Kerning, Leading, RGB, special colour, spot, Typography
Graphic design has its own language and all too often you can find your commissioned designer failing to communicate clearly to you and your team. We can all be accused of using jargon from our own industry sector but when in front of clients it should be case of plain English at all times. If
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