Tips for Creative Graphic Designers

Creative Graphic Designer

Tips for Creative Graphic Designers

Posted by shernan on March 7, 2023 at 1:07 am
As a graphic designer, it’s important to ensure that your designs are accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. By designing with accessibility in mind, you can create designs that are more inclusive and effective. Here are some tips for designing for accessibility.
- Use sufficient contrast: Ensure that text and graphics have enough contrast to be easily readable for users with low vision or color blindness. Use a tool like WebAIM’s Contrast Checker to check the contrast levels of your designs.
- Consider typography: Use clear, legible fonts that are easy to read for users with visual impairments. Avoid using small font sizes or decorative fonts that may be difficult to read.
- Provide alternative text: Use alt text to provide descriptions for images and other visual content. This allows users with visual impairments to understand the content of the image.
- Use descriptive links: When creating links, use descriptive text that clearly communicates the destination of the link. This helps users with screen readers to navigate your website more easily.
- Ensure keyboard accessibility: Make sure that all functionality on your website can be accessed using a keyboard, as some users with disabilities may not be able to use a mouse.
By designing for accessibility, you can ensure that your designs are accessible to all users, regardless of their abilities. This not only helps to create a more inclusive design, but it can also help to improve the usability of your designs for all users.

References:
- https://www.w3.org/WAI/tips/designing/
- https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos-and-donts-on-designing-for-accessibility/
- This discussion was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by shernan.
Jonel replied 2 weeks, 2 days ago 14 Members · 13 Replies
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sylphieeee

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March 10, 2023 at 3:19 am

These are very helpful and informative points, I’ll take it into consideration next time. Thank you for sharing!
majed

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March 10, 2023 at 4:51 am

I always forget about descriptive links. Thank you for this, usually my links just contain gibberish and random genertated-text. HAHAHAHA, will keep this in mind
james_vince

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May 3, 2023 at 3:32 pm

Hey, thanks for sharing those tips on being a creative graphic designer! They’re really helpful.
Aeronn

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May 3, 2023 at 3:35 pm

thanks for sharing these tips it will be helpful in creating graphic designs
Jr.

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May 4, 2023 at 6:52 pm

thank you for this I can use this somehow
JohnHenry

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May 5, 2023 at 10:06 am

Thanks for sharing this
Ruztien

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May 5, 2023 at 4:18 pm

Thank you for sharing this!
Diane

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May 6, 2023 at 11:58 am

Thanks for this!
maureen

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May 8, 2023 at 11:33 am

thank you for sharing!
Piper

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January 18, 2024 at 11:17 am

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dennise123

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January 18, 2024 at 11:18 am

thanks for sharing
Mayerrrr

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January 19, 2024 at 1:41 pm

thanks for sharing
Jonel

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April 19, 2024 at 8:53 am

Thank you for sharing