An exploration of AI’s typographic capability and what you can learn from it — How do you go about picking fonts for a project? Do you just “wing it?” Pick something that looks good and is somewhat aligned with the requirements of the project? Or do you always use the same fonts again and again, regardless of requirements? …

Small details that will greatly improve the readability and aesthetics of your website — Typography is so much more than picking a font and deciding what sizes to use for headings and body text. It could be regarded as its own branch of science. And it’s not just science either, it’s a mix between science and art. But I don’t want to get into…

That’ll make your code look great — I’d always used the Monaco font and Sublime Text for coding but I recently decided to switch to VS Code. That change also led me to explore monospaced fonts suitable for coding as I worked on customising my VS Code theme. At some point, I found Fira Code and loved…

To learn if the company is UX mature — Imagine the following scenario: you and I haven’t met, but we recently got in touch to collaborate on a project. We decided to meet up to discuss things so we grab a cup of coffee at a local coffee shop. I present you my views on the project and ask…

And how you can too — I got my first job at 25. I was fresh out of college and really glad to have landed a job at a bank that had its headquarters in my hometown. They later told me that there were more than 150 candidates lined up for it. The salary was very…

So that you don’t end up stuck in a shitty job — Something wasn’t right. I had just received the work contract to review and the name of the role stated throughout was only “designer.” …

Last week’s post looked at websites that dared to use huge type and did it well. With this week’s post I’ll explore what it is that works well about the huge type on these websites and establish guidelines and recommendations for using huge type on the web. — This is part two of the Huge Type blog post series. Here you can read part one: Huge type on the web. I’ve been advocating more daring and bolder use of typography on the web ever since I started the Better Web Type project. Picking a sans-serif font for titles…

Big bold type makes a statement. I’ve always been fascinated with minimalistic, typography-focused design. Especially when the composition is proportionally aligned with a grid and when it includes big, even huge titles. — This is part one of a two-part blog post series. In this one, I explore huge type in print, look for similar examples on the web, and try to find out what is it that works well about these designs. …

Why did you quit your last job? This was the main question in my recent study I did with designers. I received 156 responses to my survey, most of them were from Product/UX designers, second and third in number of responses were graphic designers, and web designers. Let’s dive into the results! — 53 percent of designers who responded to my survey were UX/Product Designers, around 17 percent were graphic, 9 percent web designers, 6 percent design generalists, 6 percent UI and visual designers, and around 4 percent were design managers. I have to admit that I’m surprised by these numbers as I…