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- TYPOGRAPHY: AN ART IN WEBSITES
TYPOGRAPHY: AN ART IN WEBSITES
- By Henry Pablo
- Published 03/10/2008
- Web Design
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When a website has a well-written,
compelling, and relevantly chosen captions and copy, more likely, the visitors
of the website will find it easy to navigate because words are easy to
understand, font types and colors are easy to read and are non-straining to the
eyes, and significant words or ideas are emphasized. An effective website does not only refer to
having an interactive presentation of your company’s products and services or
having a grammatically correct copy. An
effective website is also something that has textual presentation that
emphasizes the very important ideas and messages that your company wants to
convey. Font selection- referring to
color, style, variations, and emphasis in websites- is an art. The website becomes the masterpiece and the
perfect choice of font to use to relay the message you have is a tool to create
perfection.
In web design, significant messages must be
presented with emphasis and this can be achieved by making them presented in
bold and heavier colors. The eyes of the
audience are easily drawn to words that are presented this way. This gives the idea that these words are
important that is why they are highlighted.
Italics are also used but mostly this style is used for names and
titles.
Font size and position also speak for the
role of words in a website. When words
are written in bigger fonts, they are considered content words. Positioning of words would mean the stressed
and not so important that is why web designers need to be cautious in choosing
and positioning fonts. Carefully choose
the size of your font because a font that is too big that seems to be taking so
much space of your web page or too small that seems not to be readable at all
will create an effect on how your viewers will perceive your site.
Moreover, spaces between words, between, and in between paragraphs also create an effect. Too many spaces in your website or too many words bombarding your pages will definitely affect the way people go over your website. If you are not sure whether you are in the right track towards your choice of fonts and their positions and placements, there are many web design solutions and tools you can refer to so that you can come up with the attractive, well-designed, and user friendly web site you want.
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