Web Design and Web Development Articles

Designing with Dingbats

By Linda Chadbourne | August 2nd, 2008 |

Dingbats are specialty fonts that are made up of graphical elements sometimes called pictograms such as, arrows, bullets, faces, flowers, swirls, holiday elements and so much more.

If you are a Photoshop user, you have many options when it comes to finding free design elements to use in your graphics program. However, if you use a program such as Fireworks, Gimp, Ulead PhotoImpact or another less popular graphics program, the options are far more limiting. That’s where Dingbats come in handy!

Listed in this article are some resources for free dingbats. Install them as you would a new font and begin designing. Here are a few examples of how Dingbats can be used creatively.

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Squeezy Links of the Week!

By Linda Chadbourne | July 25th, 2008 |

The Web Squeeze brings you our weekly collection of interesting Squeezy Links!

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Web Design Color Trends for Summer 2008

By Linda Chadbourne | July 15th, 2008 |

Fashion, furniture and accessory designers rely on Color Marketing Group, the leading international organization of color design professionals, to predict the next color trends. For 40 years, CMG has been predicting trends in advance so designers can design accordingly. Why not take what’s hot and use it as inspiration for your next design. Here’s what’s HOT for Summer 2008.

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Web Design Resource for Free Patterns, Backgrounds and Textures

By Linda Chadbourne | June 16th, 2008 |

Web Design Resource for Free Patterns, Backgrounds and TexturesWhen it’s time to select the right background for your new web design project, take a look through this list of 32 sites filled with patterns, textures, seamless backgrounds, and high resolution photo textures. Adding visual interest to a website header or page background has never been easier.

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