Have you ever wondered whether those unique dingbat symbols have any purpose? Actually, they do. You probably know that dingbats are fonts that consist of little pictures, bullets and shapes that … [Read more...]

When designing eLearning or training slides, you probably use plenty of images. Perhaps the images exist in different states of readiness and perhaps you organize them in different ways for each … [Read more...]

If your goal is to get better at visual design, you don't need to be a talented artist. You just need to learn and apply the basic principles of visual design and practice, practice, practice. In this … [Read more...]

Bullet lists make a sequence of important points easy to read. When those near-perfect little circles are vertically aligned, readers can quickly process the text. … [Read more...]

One barrier to successful visual design work is a lack of technical knowledge. In this excerpt from my book, Visual Design Solutions, I try to close this knowledge gap. Here are some foundation … [Read more...]

Are your slides, screens and pages feeling tired these days? Do they need some visual caffeine? Then consider using ribbons, stickers and tags. … [Read more...]