You already know that your blog’s design is one of the most essential characteristics of your blog. If readers don’t like your design, they’ll leave without reading a word. To gain long-term readers, your blog has to be easy on the eyes, both literally and figuratively. Ready to redo your blog design? Here’s a checklist to follow to make sure you’re crafting the best design possible.
- Did you choose an easy-to-read font? Yes, there are a trillion really cool fonts out there. Yes, you could use one or all of them. However, your blog font is not the place to show off your personality. Web readers want to skim what you write quickly– don’t distract them with an unprofessional font. Stick with the tried-and-true Helvetica, Verdana, Ariel, etc. If you’re absolutely dying to use a creative font, use it in your blog header. Just remember that it has to be legible.
- Did you choose a crazy font color? No, no, no. Stick with black or a shade of light gray (white on a black background is hard on your readers’ eyes). Dark reds and blues are also acceptable. Anything neon is out of the question.
- Is your text obnoxiously large or ridiculously tiny? You don’t want to give your readers eyestrain, but you don’t want to insult their intelligence, either. Big fonts make you look and sound juvenile.
Still struggling with blog design? Want to learn some more advanced text formatting techniques? Plenty of universities and community colleges offer online college courses in web design.
