[Nfb-web] web site design concepts

[Tami Jarvis]

Marvin,

Hm... Boring as it is, I would go with a sans-serif font family for the 
body text, with a serif font family for headings. Boring is readable, 
that's all there is to it. There are several to choose from for each 
type, and all are generally good for reading on a computer screen.

For colors, you want good contrast. And you do not want the contrast to 
be red on green because of red-green colorblindness. I like a dark 
background, black or nearly so, with white font, since that is most 
comfortable for me to look at and maybe even check visually a bit. There 
seems to be a current trend of using a slightly off-white background 
with gray font... That is just wrong! /lol/

As for layout... I prefer a liquid css-based layout. In other words, the 
sizes of everything are in percentages or ems or whatever that will 
adapt to the screen. There are hazards to that if you try to get too 
tricky with positioning and all... For a site meant to provide 
information, I tend towards a fluid 2- or 3-column layout with the main 
navigation bar on the left where people expect to find it. Nice and 
boring, I know. But I'm more interested in providing users with a way to 
get around and find the info they are supposedly looking for than in 
trying to wow them with my ability to confuse them. /smile/

Don't know if that helps or if it's what you're looking for. Those are 
just my own basic guidelines for sites similar to what you describe.

Tami

On 01/13/2014 11:40 AM, Marvin Hunkin wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Need help.
>
> So.
>
> What fonts, colors, and layout do I need for my next project.
>
> A one stop blindness site.
>
> Information, resources, information about blindness, eye condtions, low
> vision, diseases, demos of adaptive tech.
>
> A podcast facility to upload podcasts, a facility to upload documents, a
> chat application, mailing list, a blindness blog.
>
> Any ideas.
>
> Marvin.
>
>
>
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