DEV 1.2 Enhance clarity with good design

Recommendations

• Support the information through use of images, colour, and space:
  • Use informative images and icons to support links;
  • Use relevant images to support the information in passages of text;
  • Use relevant images to break up long 'walls of text';
  • Use colour, space and style to visually segment information into meaningful chunks;
  • Use white space confidently.
• Employ good typography to ease reading:
  • Consider verdana and arial - they are both good for online reading:
    • Avoid serif fonts particularly for small text (they can be OK for larger headings);
  • Use line spacing of around 1.4 - this makes reading easier.
• Avoid overdesign:
  • Design should enhance the information not dominate it.

Examples