Crafting Your Portfolio: Typography & Layout EssentialsCrafting Your Portfolio: Typography & Layout Essentials
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Momina Zahid
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๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ 2 โœ… ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ & ๐‹๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง. And honestly? Picking the right fonts felt just as important as picking the colors yesterday. Because typography isnโ€™t just how your words look. Itโ€™s how your words feel. After going back and forth I landed on
Playfair Display for headings elegant, editorial, carries weight without shouting. It has that classic sophistication that matches the black & white direction perfectly.
Inter for body clean, highly readable, gets out of the way and lets the content breathe. Together they create exactly the contrast I was after. Personality in the headlines. Clarity in the details. ๐Ÿ–ค
Then came the layout. This is where it stops being a vibe and starts being a structure. I mapped out every section what comes first, what comes next, how someone moves through the page. The wireframe is rough but intentional. Every block has a reason to be where it is. No decoration yet. Just bones. And good bones are everything. ๐Ÿ—๏ธ
Tomorrow is where it gets exciting High fidelity. Real design. The page starts looking like something. โœจ
(Day 2 of 4 building my portfolio webpage live from scratch. Catch up from Day 1 if you missed it!)
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