June 2011
Beginner
398 pages
9h 38m
English
Chapter 7
Choosing Colors and Fonts
In This Chapter
Considering color schemes and palettes
Finding color tools and resources
Understanding font basics
Finding fonts for your project
Two of the many decisions you’ll make about your Web site design, whether for your site or your client’s, are the color scheme and the fonts that’ll be used in and around the site. Sometimes these choices will be easy because you, or your client, already have an established color scheme and chosen fonts. However, some design projects will require that you make decisions on color choices and fonts.
Sometimes just making the decision on a color scheme that’s just right can be very time-consuming because as a designer, you know that first impressions count, and color scheme is an important part of the start of any design process. Selecting the right fonts that you want to use is also an important part of branding an online identity, so knowing where to find the right fonts and tools to help you make the right choices gives you a good head start.
This chapter introduces you to the concepts of color schemes ...
