After reading an article I just read by Luke Wroblewski, entitled “Mobile First”, I was reminded of a few years back, when I ran a printing company in Pensacola, FL.
I always asked my new clients how they found out about the company and I noticed that a notable amount of new clients were finding us through a google search on their iphones. I once got a call from a client who asked for directions to the shop. When I asked him how he found out about the company, he said that he had just got through doing a google search WHILE DRIVING!
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YOU NEED TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT BLEED IS if you are designing either a business card, flyer, brochure, or postcard for print.
It amazes me how even the most experienced designers have no concept of what it is and how to use it!
FIRST, please understand this:
MOST COMMERCIAL AND DESKTOP PRINTERS WILL NOT PRINT ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF A SHEET OF PAPER!
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One of the first things I do when I reinstall or updgrade photoshop is add a few shortcuts. There are 3 general tasks when using photoshop on a daily basis that I found myself doing, that did not have shortcut keys:
Transform Selection, Create New Guide, and Making guides at 0%, 100%, and 50% of the canvas. continue reading…
The 978px grid with added push/pull classes as well as prefix/suffix classes. After reading an article by webdesignerwall.com, I decided to give their “simpler 978px grid” system a try. I like how it is slightly larger than the 960 grid system, has no margins on the far left and right sides, and also has 30px gutters. I quickly realized, however, that the css had no push, pull, prefix, or suffix classes. So I decided to add them myself.
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I recently came across a minor annoyance while styling my new blog layout. The words “Search for:” appeared above my search box, which I think is completely unnecessary, being that there is an empty text box, followed by a search button below it. If you can’t figure out that a box above a button called “search” is for searching, man you got problems! continue reading…
