Top 5 design sins of non-designers
Top 5 design sins of non-designers Designing a simple event poster is a simple enough job for anyone to do. However, if you are not familiar with few basic rules your poster might end up in a "hall of fame" of disaster designs. Over the years I noticed that some of the tacky design mishaps are vanishing, but there as many that are still going strong. Here is my list of top 5 mistakes that tell me it was a poor DIY design job. Centering everything Centering everything causes visual flow issues, especially if there is some text involved. The eye of the viewer is constantly searching for the next line to focus on, which makes it tiring and ineffective. The better approach is to left-align your poster as it is much easier to read. Also you can try clustering the information and placing it in columns. Using many fonts (3+) Too many fancy fonts create clutter, and visual overstimulation. This results in the eye of the viewer jumping between different fonts and othe...