A Review of HDesignOnline.com by Sam Mularczyk

The font

  • Sam Mularczyk

    Sam Mularczyk

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    • Engagement: 2
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    The font

    Posted on Nov 23, 2009 at 5:40 AM

    Verdana? Seriously? Other than that your design looks great, however Verdana was designed to be readable and ONLY to be readable. It wasn't designed to look pretty. The weird mix of the capped I in a sans-serif font just makes it look strange.

    Why not switch to a more elegant solution (i.e. Calibri, Helvetica, maybe even Georgia if you want serifs)?

    The white What We Do text is annoying to read (too light).

    I agree with swarat ghosh, the nav and logo should be switched around (studies have shown that users look for a logo on the top left and having it on the right seems a little disorienting. Best not to confuse them)

    Newbird Design is right, will this improve business? What is the purpose of the redesign? A great article I recommend you read on this topic is http://www.alistapart.com/articles/redesignrealign - it has some fantastic advice.

    Other than that, it's fantastic design-wise, but your old site had a bucketload of personality. Try to inject the same personality into your new site.

    Great work and good luck!

    • Nate Hamilton
      Nate Hamilton commented:
      Posted: on Nov 23, 2009 at 8:04 AM

      Verdana was chosen on purpose. The main point of my site is to get out of the way of the content and portfolio. I want my work and services to stand out the most instead of the design on my site. So everything is underplayed on purpose.

      Your feedback is valid for sure though. I'll review some of the feedback here and make changes accordingly. Thanks for taking the time and filling out some useful feedback!

    • Sam Mularczyk
      Sam Mularczyk commented:
      Posted: on Nov 24, 2009 at 4:43 PM

      Oh okay, Verdana works well in that respect then. No problem and good luck!