Usability is a topic everybody has an opinion on. Then again, and again, until you start running out of letters to delete. If you have a long text, try shrinking it by 30%. “The more I explain with text the better” is a terrible approach to interfaces. The whole point is to make your text concise and easy. It’s not all about about obvious things like grammar and too many slang/techy words.
Great examples are Google Fonts and AAn Editor’s View
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There are more than enough options for using third-party fonts or free fonts. The results are pretty similar to the first example – chaos, poor readability.Ī hint from Elwin de Witte, one of our readers: Don’t buy fonts. Middle Only 2 different fonts are used, but they do not match at all. Or you can use one font face and it’s variations within a family. A good rule is to never use more than 3 font faces in your app. Typographer’s view intersects very much with the other views, but first we’ll focus on the fonts and their relationships. People may perceive these blocks as a single line and basically ignore them because reading them is quite inconvenient. Middle The problem here is that there is almost no space between packs’ names and their description. Even more, the space between Toys pack and “Choose icons…” is the same, which doesn’t allow these bits of text to be clearly separated. Left Toys pack and its description look separate because there’s too much space between them. Properly positioned text enhances user’s experiences dramatically, so let’s focus on white spaces between different elements and the text alignment itself. If you place your text closer to another object, say, an icon or image, they become related. PositionĮvery app is a composition of graphical elements, one of which is text. Notice that we were able to make our header green. Right You are not forced to use only black and white. Middle On the other hand, people try to emphasize text by using all sorts of colors, making it look like impressionist art or a drug trip. However, if it’s overdone, text becomes like a background – unreadable, dull. Left Low-contrast text looks organic within many color themes. The text has a color, even if in most applications it’s black or shades of grey. A good artist sees a lot but will focus on two main properties of text: color and position. Looking at the text as a graphical element forces us to see it differently. Let’s call it “Icons8 Packs.” An Artist’s View To illustrate these views we’ll use an imaginary app with some un-imaginary problems. These people look at a mobile app or web service and all they see is the same text. Let’s count: an artist, a typographer, an editor, a usability specialist, a user, and a few more.
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