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Find the right colors and fonts

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Tekla Szymanski Content+Design
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You need quality content on your site, but without the right design, nobody wants to read it.

Color choices and fonts reflect your brand and your individuality. Still, you don’t need to be a professional designer to follow a few best practice rules to pick the design choices you prefer.

Here are a few recommended articles to help you familiarize yourself with the basics of color, color theory, font choices and typography and the role each plays in designing a successful website and presenting your writing online and offline.

Color

​Color Theory 101, The Color Wheel, & How to Choose a Color Scheme​ (HubSpot)

​Color in Design: Influence on Users’ Actions​ (Tubik)

​Color Theory for Designers: How To Create Your Own Color Schemes​ (Smashing Magazine)

​Primer: Colors in Branding​ (Tekla Szymanski)

​Don’t Pick the Wrong Background Colors!​ (Tekla Szymanski)

Fonts & Typography

​A Typeface Overview For Print And Web Design​ (Kent Mundle)

​Designing for Readability​ — A Guide to Web Typography (Designers)

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