Jason Beaird is a designer and front-end developer with over ten years of experience working on a wide range of award-winning web projects. With a background in graphic design and a passion for web standards, he’s always looking for accessible ways to make the Web a more beautiful place. When he’s not pushing pixels in Photoshop or tinkering with markup, Jason loves sharing his passion for the Web with others.
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A Brief Introduction to Text Replacement with SIFR
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: A Brief Look at Screen Resolutions
By Jason Beaird,
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A Brief Look at Screen Resolutions
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: Resizing: Fixed, Fluid, or Responsive Layouts
By Jason Beaird,
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Resizing: Fixed, Fluid, or Responsive Layouts
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: 3 Text Spacing Principles Every Designer Needs to Know
By Jason Beaird,
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3 Text Spacing Principles Every Designer Needs to Know
By Jason Beaird,
Many typographic decisions are based on spacing. This is something that has always been true with printed type, and became applicable to web type with the advent of CSS.
DesignFestival: A Few Design Trends
By Jason Beaird,
This is the introduction of the article DesignFestival: A Few Design Trends, by the author Jason Beaird.
A Few Design Trends
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: Bread-and-butter Layouts and Inspiration
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Bread-and-butter Layouts and Inspiration
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: Special Entities of HTML
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Special Entities of HTML
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: Emphasis in Design
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Emphasis in Design
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DesignFestival: Unity in Design
By Jason Beaird,
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Unity in Design
By Jason Beaird,
Design theory describes unity as the way in which the different elements of a composition interact with one another. A unified layout is one that works as a whole rather than being identified as separate pieces.
Balance in Design
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: Grid Theory
By Jason Beaird,
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Grid Theory
By Jason Beaird,
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DesignFestival: Web Page Anatomy
By Jason Beaird,
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Web Page Anatomy
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Defining Good Design
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The Design Process
By Jason Beaird,
Jason Beaird talks about the process in designing.
Creating a Color Palette
By Jason Beaird,
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Color: The Scheme of Things
By Jason Beaird,
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Red, Yellow, and Blue, or CMYK
By Jason Beaird,
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Color Theory 101
By Jason Beaird,
let’s take a closer look at color temperature, chromatic values, saturation, and the basic theory behind how colors are produced, in print and on the web.
The Psychology of Color
By Jason Beaird,
Color psychology is a field of study that’s devoted to analyzing the emotional and behavioral effects produced by colors and color combinations.
The Anatomy of a Letterform
By Jason Beaird,
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