Why your logo fails at 16 pixels
Detail is a liability at favicon size. A short guide to drawing marks that survive the smallest surface they'll ever live on.
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Short pieces on craft, process and the unglamorous decisions that make design work on the shelf and on the screen.
Detail is a liability at favicon size. A short guide to drawing marks that survive the smallest surface they'll ever live on.
Read note →Fluorescent neighbours, uneven lighting, three languages on one panel. What actually makes a pack get picked up.
Read note →Matching x-height, weight and rhythm across scripts without one of them looking like an afterthought.
Read note →Tokens, contrast floors and the one page of rules that stops a palette drifting six months after launch.
Read note →How we plan nine-post blocks so the profile reads as a composition and each post still stands alone.
Read note →Easing curves and timing belong in the brand guidelines, right beside the colour values.
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