Case studies: design
Text should not span the width of the page.
This is a big red flag. It's really difficult to read text that goes across the width of the entire page, and it's bad UX.
Think about the last time you had an enjoyable reading experience online, and notice how wide their paragraphs are and how large their text is.
Sections and headers should be visually distinct.
Is it easy to tell where the sections begin and end?
Can you actually distinguish between a header and the normal paragraph text?
It should be easy to scan at a glance and find the section you want.
Keep spacing consistent.
Give your text and images room to breathe, but don't overindex and space them out too much.
Think about how editorials are laid out.
Avoid super flashy styling.
As mentioned in The resume: design, minimise the number of formatting styles you're using.
The key aim of the experience here is for the user to be able to digest the information.
If there are multitudes of different fonts, weights, colours, etc. in your face, it's harder to understand or care what's going on.
Don't hijack the scroll wheel or cursor.
This is incredibly annoying and does more to test the recruiter/hiring manager's patience than actually make them more engaged.
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