Great Typography Formula for Web Design »

Admittedly, we have not always done well with the typography in our web designs and we are continually working at it. One area that does not have to be as difficult to get right is “measure” or the length of a line of type.

Ideally, the measure should be somewhere between 50 and 80 characters long. We have not always followed that, unfortunately, and anything longer than 80 starts to get difficult for the viewer to read. Even this post you are reading right now does not follow that rule perfectly. Hey, I am being honest here

To achieve a good measure, the designer should consider adjusting the font-size and Robert Bringhurst came up with a great formula for that: Multiply the font-size by 30 to give you the acceptable measure for each line (font-size X 30 = measure). For example, if your font size is to be 12px, a good measure would be 360px.

Additionally, you could take the size of space on your design that is to contain type and divide that by 30 (font container / 30 = measure) to give you a starting point. So if your design calls for a 500px area of type, your font-size would be 17px. That, of course, is just a starting point. No one would want to read a paragraph of 17px text – yikes. You would probably want to find some ways to adjust that area in your design (pullquotes, images, etc.).
There are many rules and suggestions regarding typography in your design. This is just one area and we are going to try to post some other tips as we pick them up. We have found some really great guides and articles out there and will be compiling them into a post.

Commercial Project Interior 3D Rendering Completed »

We recently wrapped up a 3D interior rendering for a commercial client in Winston Salem, NC. Interior Solutions is an interior design company and a repeat client. We are really glad to work with Emmy and her staff – they are great!
They are proposing the project to their client and we are very appreciative that they chose us again to help them out.
We custom modeled most of the furniture as well as placed custom patterns for the fabrics as well as the floor covering. Thanks again Emmy!

No Blogging For Six Months »

Today it has officially been 6 months since we created a post on this blog. We intentionally stopped blogging just to see how much blogging REALLY helps our rankings across the different search engines.

During this blogging sabbatical, we noticed some interesting patterns relating to comment spam, visits from other countries as well as visits from the United States and we plan on using this traffic data to make our sites even better going forward.

Internet Technology and Web Design has taken some interesting turns over the past few months. It was nice to take a step back and just watch the metamorphosis unfold – seeing the bigger picture. Over the next few weeks, we will be posting about a few of the more interesting things we discovered, so stay tuned.

Golf Course Rendering Completed »

Last week, we (well, 3D guru Rodney mainly ) put the finishing touches on a new architectural rendering for Bear Trail Golf Course in Jacksonville, NC.  They are working on creating a brand new clubhouse area that will include a beautiful pool and will even have a playground area for the kids.

We are really looking forward to seeing the finished structure and thank them for the opportunity to help out!

Monthly Tech Support »

As a part of the Crystal Coast Technologies Tech Support program we are now offering monthly tech support service to businesses both large and small. These services are meant to keep your PCs and your network running as efficiently as possible so that you can concentrate on the other aspects of your business. Monthly service plans include on-call support, 1 visit monthly to clean PCs, fix PCs, etc… A fully detailed diagram of your network will also be made to include all of the important information about your hardware and network connectivity. OnSite and OnLine backup solutions may also be added to the monthly service plan to make sure your data is safe and well protected in case of a natural disaster (fire, hurricane, etc…)

Email me for further details.