| Section | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
Design: Print and Web Essentials
ADA Standards for Accessible Design
This is both an essential tool for any design project and a good example of in-depth design standards
...
Web Design Trends for 2010
This site features great collections of site examples and typographic observations.
Design Tools
These tools are currently available to students on campus in the public labs. Contact Fiona MacNeill (fmacneil), Tucker MacNeill (tmacneil, PEPS) or Carly Born (cborn) for assistance with Adobe products.
You can also find a variety of helpful videos at the Adobe training website: http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-indesign-cs5/
...
- Use it for: Checking Image Size, Cropping, Image Annotation
- Comes as standard as part of Windows, however the functionality will vary depending upon which version of the Windows Operating System you are using.
Page Layout and General Publication Resources
Design Phase of Desktop Publishing
A lovely tutorial by About.com that links out to endless number of resources on layout/conceptualization, color, font and image selection, etc.
...
Glossary of Desktop Publishing Terms
A - Z terminology of desktop publishing.
Fonts
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?
A great essay by Alex Poole with visual examples comparing serif and sans serif fonts.
The Periodic Table of Typefaces and Other Very Helpful Font/Typeface Links
This is a great site from the Behance Network (Creative Professional Resource) with some good font resources.
Color
Color Scheme Designer 3
This online color application will help you devise contemporary color schemes (mono), complimentary, triadic, tetradic, analogic and accented analogical.
...
How Color Works
A group of links that discuss all aspects of colors.
Design Inspiration
CoolInfographics.com
Really fabulous examples of infographics and posters from a variety of different sources.
...
Webdesignerwall.com
Great resources for web design run by professional web designers
Other Resources
AAHI Slide Libe Image Guidelines by Carleton Slide Librarian – Heidi Eyestone
Adapted from: What are you scanning for? This guide can be used for variety of different image based needs.
...