One of my pet peeves with online help systems is how often they violate basic rules about line length in text blocks. The rule, simply put, is this: short and long lines are hard to read. Very long lines are impossible to read. The traditional rule in print typography says body text should be two to… Read More »
It’s a nice touch to customize the icons used in Flare’s tripane online help. Sometimes small design touches make a noticeable contribution to the polish and professionalism of online help. Besides, the default icons are a hideous lime green and deserve to be replaced. In this post I’ll take you through the steps of finding… Read More »
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) give you a lot of control over typography on web pages. In this post, I’ll focus on how to change two settings to give your text a more polished and professional look. These settings are available to you in any CSS file, whether you are viewing it in the Editor window… Read More »