Welcome to the 29th edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 143 new readers this week! 👋 How are you? I’ve been busy doing some important (and overdue) landscaping work in our backyard, writing blog posts, and maintaining two projects — Better Web Type and UX… Continue reading How to create a color ramp used in design systems
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8 more micro tips for remarkably better typography
Welcome to the 28th edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 127 new readers this week! 👋 How are you? I have to admit something — I’m at my lowest both physically and mentally. It feels almost wrong to admit that. Here’s the story everyone wants… Continue reading 8 more micro tips for remarkably better typography
An analysis of 5 monospaced fonts with coding ligatures
Welcome to the 27th edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 131 new readers this week! 👋 Happy Monday! I wrote and published another blog post this week — an analysis of 5 open source monospaced fonts with coding ligatures. Take a look below it’s the… Continue reading An analysis of 5 monospaced fonts with coding ligatures
Is AI better at picking and pairing fonts than you?
Welcome to the 26th edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 191 new readers this week! 👋 Happy Monday! I’m still collecting responses to my preference test that I’ll use for a future blog post. It’s a simple test — pick one of the two designs… Continue reading Is AI better at picking and pairing fonts than you?
8 tips for remarkably better typography
Welcome to the 25th edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 41 new readers this week! 👋 You can subscribe to this weekly newsletter here. Happy Monday! With all the hype around AI lately, do you ever wonder at what level it is compared to your… Continue reading 8 tips for remarkably better typography
Collaborative ideation is just “collaboration theatre”
Welcome to the 24th edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 59 new readers this week! 👋 Happy Monday! I have some exciting news to share — I’m now a curator of TLDR Design, TLDR’s new daily design newsletter! 🎉 🥳 We’re still getting ready but the… Continue reading Collaborative ideation is just “collaboration theatre”
Is the Golden Age of UX design over?
Welcome to the 23rd edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 70 new readers this week! 👋 Happy Monday! Last week I announced that I’m opening a new round of registrations for my course UX Buddy again. It’s my course to help you create your portfolio and find… Continue reading Is the Golden Age of UX design over?
How and why typography affects the ease of reading
Welcome to the 22nd edition of Designer’s Digest — my weekly roundup of cool new stuff in design. And welcome to 146 new readers this week! 👋 You can subscribe to this newsletter here. Today marks 6 months since that traumatic Thursday afternoon when I got laid off. I don’t have a new job and my… Continue reading How and why typography affects the ease of reading
6 most popular UI design trends and how to design them
Hey there, Happy Monday! I have been receiving messages from disappointed and angry designers ever since I pondered whether the UX industry is a bullshit industry in the 17th edition of this newsletter. “Why does everyone else get to tell me exactly what to do and how to do it?” one designer asked. “I’m a competent designer with… Continue reading 6 most popular UI design trends and how to design them
Figma now supports REM units, but why is this important?
Welcome to the 20th edition of Designer’s Digest. Today we have a typography-flavoured edition: Microsoft has a new default font, Figma now supports REM units, and the featured font Commit Mono is a natural programming typeface. Let’s take a look! This is a weekly design digest newsletter to which you can subscribe here. Happy Monday! Last week I told you how… Continue reading Figma now supports REM units, but why is this important?