It’s probably a word you haven’t heard since writing essays in school, when your instructors told you that any evidence of it could result in a failing grade. But copyright is something to be aware of when creating content for websites and social media campaigns – whether that be asking whether you are legally allowed to use a photograph, a page of text or an idea… or determining whether someone else is entitled to use content you or your clients have created.
Websites have always had to make use of a pretty limited set of fonts and while there’s still no perfect solution, there are alternatives appearing all of the time. Well chosen typefaces can bring a design to life and give a designer another tool to make their creation stand out. Of course, it also works the other way, badly chosen fonts can make text difficult to understand and impact the usability of a site.
In this post I’m going to discuss some of the popular techniques used to allow more flexibility with online fonts as well as newer solutions that could be on the horizon (more…)
As a content management specialist, I’ve noticed that getting good text content for a client website can be difficult. Sometimes it seems like all the creative juices available have run out, long before the written content for a site is ready. And although quality photos and graphics, great site design and good solid programming are all necessary to make a site that represents a return on investment, without well-written content, the site isn’t complete.
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