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Hi Jamie. Good stuff, thanks for sharing!
First of all, you've got a clean, airy, and interesting site going on – not bland. I only have a few minor suggestions to offer.
1. Consider reducing either the leading or type size in your main column, or widening the column to increase the type's measure. It looks like the lines have nearly the same character count as your sidebar lines, but the sidebar reads more smoothly because it's more tightly leaded.
2. You might re-examine type weight and color with respect to how visitors will scan the page. While what you have going here is pleasant for its evenness, that same evenness makes it hard to tell, at a glance, what the most important parts are. Right now, I think your dark blue links are what I jump among most.
So, maybe lighten up the overall text and darken headings? Lighten up the links and add a bottom-border as an additional indicator?
3. Consider suggesting slightly different pixel sizes. 9, 11, 13 and 18 have always worked well for me. Of course, you can never be sure about any web type sizing.
Gotta go.... Hope this helps.
Take a look at this quick mockup:
I didn’t do everything I suggested, I just changed a couple type sizes and colors. Edited these styles using Firefox's Web Developer Toolbar extension:
#mainContent {
width:390px;
float:left;
font-size:18px;
line-height:27px;
color:#888;
margin-left:10px;
}
#subContent {
width:261px;
float:right;
font-size:13px;
line-height:21px;
color: #666;
margin-right:5px;
}
Posted 7 months ago.
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