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Questions about designing the aesthetic look of websites, both practical and theoretical. For questions about coding the structure of a website, please go to Stack Overflow. For questions about the user experience, please go to UX.SE. Ask anything related to designing graphics and visual layouts here on GD.SE.

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Do web designers need to know how to code?

As a web developer, both front-end and back end architect, I work with many different designers and sometimes find it frustrating working with design comps where no thought was put into how to accompl …
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What browser width should I use to design a website?

In the modern age of web design, browser width is irrelevant. There are so many different devices out there that you NEED to make your designs responsive, in that they work for any size screen. To do …
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Photoshop Color Settings for web design

What color profile settings should be used in Photoshop for web design? Does monitor calibration effect save for web images? I keep my monitor calibrated with a colorimeter and want to make sure my c …
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General feedback on first draft of site design

Good job. It's Nice and clean with lots of whitespace. I think the logo could be smaller and the picture bigger. I've never been to Edinburgh but the photo makes we want to go there. I'm not …
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Can you recommend web design books/tutorials that teach specific design techniques?

Contrary to popular belief you don't need to know how to use Photoshop to design for the web. A growing trend and very modern technique is "Designing in the Browser" Designing in the browser is usin …
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Which unit should be used in web design to define space (margin, padding, etc.)?

It doesn't really matter what unit of measure you choose as long as your consistant throughout. em measures depend on the fixed size of a parent element and can change. On the other hand you can alw …
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What would be a cool yet simple way to style an "!" with just CSS?

You could find a font that has a very unique "!" and use the Font Squirrel @font-face generator and choose expert settings with custom subsettings and only include the ! character for the font. Add t …
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Font suggestions for a church site

The gothic look of Priori and Mason would work for a church website.
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PSD format or cut up graphics?

Your developer will most like prefer to have the layered PSD's. Most modern web development is done through the use of CSS. Having the layered PSD will give the developer more flexibility in how the …
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