Tips for improving source file usability
Working with other people’s documents can sometimes be a nightmare, especially when layers aren’t named, grouped or indicative of what they are.
Here are a few tips to ensure that your source files are easy for you (and other people) to read;
- Use your margins and guides to ensure accuracy and clarity within your document. This also prevents the likeliness of error, especially when aiming to keep elements aligned in print work.
- Try not to introduce too many colours into an existing colour scheme. If a client specifies different colours, they don’t necessarily mean ‘more’, perhaps they might even mean ‘different colours’.
- Keep the logo pure. Designers spend countless hours labouring over a logo and its styleguide, and changing parts of the logo for no reason, or to suit your design is a huge no no.
- Pick a justification, and stick with it. From a usability standpoint, having to readjust our eyes to read text — and as a result documents become much harder to read, and the information just wont be absorbed.
