There are plenty of high-quality fonts available online, both free and paid, that can be used in any design project. However, there are times when you need a custom font... The post 10 Tools for Creating Your Own Custom Font appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Figma is slowly becoming one of the most popular user interface design apps available today. With the ability to use the tool entirely online, it's also an easily accessible tool for UI design collaboration and prototyping. Whether you've been using Figma to design mobile and desktop user interfaces or if you're new to the app, […]

(This article is kindly sponsored by Adobe.) When you design the information architecture, the navigation bars of an application, or the overall layout and visual design of a product, then you are focusing on macro design. When you design (one part of a page, one form, or one single task and interaction), then you are focusing on micro-moment design. In my experience, designers often spend a lot of time on macro design issues, and sometimes less so on critical micro-moment design issues.

PSR-14: Example - Access voting So far in our 5 part series we've dug into the details of Events, Dispatchers, and Providers. An awful lot of flexibility can be had from just three simple methods. But how does it work out in practice? In today's installment I want to start showing ...

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Landing a new client is one of the great joys of being a freelance designer. It means finally taking on an exciting paid project and also putting food on the... The post How to Create Manageable Web Project Cost Estimates appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

The idea of building mobile apps with JavaScript is not new. We've seen frameworks like Ionic and PhoneGap take on the challenge, and to some extent succeed in gaining a fair amount of developer and community support. These frameworks and the whole idea of building mobile apps with JavaScript never appealed to me, though. I always thought, why not just learn Swift/Objective-C or Java and build real apps? That definitely requires a significant amount of learning, but isn't that what we developers do and should be good at? Quickly learn new languages and frameworks? What's the point, then? For me, the advantages never outweighed the doubts.The post The Beauty Of React Native: Building Your First iOS App With JavaScript (Part 1) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

We get to see some breathtaking cityscapes in the backgrounds of sci-fi movies and computer games, but browsing the work of concept artists who craft these scenes is a real inspiration boost. In today’s showcase I present 45 mind blowing 3D renders, illustrations, digital paintings and photo manipulations of futuristic cities, ranging from shiny chrome […] The post Showcase of Mind Blowing Concept Art of Futuristic Cities appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

The last time I regularly worked anywhere other than my home was (gasp!) 1998. When I became a full-time freelance web designer, it was at the very beginning of the... The post Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

The free Ad Jelly Size Guide knows all the social media advertising formats, and supplies you with PSD and Sketch templates for your marketing. Ad Jelly Size Guide Clears Your View in the Jungle of [...]