Elements of Design

Technical websites often need to display code. Because code can be hard to read, ensuring the reader’s comfort is the primary goal when presenting it on a web page. A large font size also make the code easier to read.

Email newsletter forms are relatively simple to design from a functional perspective; after all, there is just one field, possibly two if name is included, to design for. However, achieving the objective of acquiring users for your email list is much more difficult as signing up for a newsletter requires a significant commitment from the user.

They say that content is king. However, how you present it is pretty important too — no more so than when it’s the main heading on your page. This collection of headline typography should provide some ideas for a more creative approach to designing this most important of page elements.

Tabbed boxes are a useful way to present several types of similar content within a small or fixed area. Often found in the sidebars of blogs or news sites, they enable designers to group related content together and to prevent it from descending too far down the page.