After multiple soft rejections, my WordPress theme Jordan finally got approved yesterday. It has been a nearly one and a half years since my previous WordPress theme was approved. To me, the recent review process at ThemeForest is even stricter than before, and I would like to share what I have learned in the new theme review process. Hopefully, this can help other authors get their themes approved faster.
Author: Simon Li
Designer
A Small Trick That Can Make Web Typography Look Better
Today I would like to share a small trick that can make typography on your website look a bit better. This trick is used across a lot of major websites, including Apple, AirBnB, Medium, Hulu etc.
How to Choose A Typeface Wisely
Recently, the typeface of Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s logo really caught my attention. Its lower case letter “a” is so similar to its lower case letter “o”. It reminds of the typefaces Futura and Century Gothic which people sometimes mistakenly use for body text.
Typography plays such an important role in visual design that having a good understanding of it can really set your design apart from the crowd. Today I would like to share some insights on choosing appropriate typefaces.
Embedding YouTube Video with High Quality Thumbnail
Update: you can now download the jQuery plugin for embedding YouTube videos with high quality thumbnail here.
Have you come across this problem? You want to embed a YouTube video to your website. The video itself is HD. However, once you embed it, its thumbnail becomes low-res and blurry, like the YouTube video below.
Animation Design in Keynote: Cover Flow
Are you a mac user? Have you used the Cover Flow feature in Finder? You can activate Cover Flow by pressing Command+4. In Cover Flow, each item will flow from right to left. At the beginning, it looks smaller. Then it turns bigger at the center. Finally, it becomes smaller again as it leaves the stage. We can actually easily achieve the same effect in Keynote using Magic Move. Today, I will show you how.
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