<commit_before>---
layout: post
title:  Design Decisions
date:   2016-01-09 07:10:00 +0000
categories: design
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Almost *all* the other sites I build have a different _type_ of content that needs to be catered for… it’s more verbose.
For my own site, I wanted the focus to be _just_ the content.

But why would I not “design” my own site in the sense of making it as flashy as possible? Well, I tried that, and I get bored of the designs before I finish coding them up.

It’s a personal flaw, I'm too fickle with my own work.

Besides, keeping the design simple, clean and elegant means that you're getting *just* the content you've come for right?

## Typography

The start of any content-focussed site _should_ be to make the content as readable as possible. If you’re not interested at all in typography, I’d skip this section.

### Font choices

The web fonts being used:

- [Lato](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Lato) for headings
- [Esteban](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Esteban) for the rest (almost)

There was something visually appealing to me about this combination, your opinion may differ though.

Lato works well as a heading font (with a small about of kerning) – setting the H1 a a heavier weight to emphasise the post title.<commit_msg>Typo correction<commit_after>---
layout: post
title:  Design Decisions
date:   2016-01-09 07:10:00 +0000
categories: design
---

Almost *all* the other sites I build have a different _type_ of content that needs to be catered for… it’s more verbose.
For my own site, I wanted the focus to be _just_ the content.

But why would I not “design” my own site in the sense of making it as flashy as possible? Well, I tried that, and I get bored of the designs before I finish coding them up.

It’s a personal flaw, I'm too fickle with my own work.

Besides, keeping the design simple, clean and elegant means that you're getting *just* the content you've come for right?

## Typography

The start of any content-focussed site _should_ be to make the content as readable as possible. If you’re not interested at all in typography, I’d skip this section.

### Font choices

The web fonts being used:

- [Lato](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Lato) for headings
- [Esteban](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Esteban) for the rest (almost)

There was something visually appealing to me about this combination, your opinion may differ though.

Lato works well as a heading font (with a small about of kerning) – setting the H1 at a heavier weight to emphasise the post title.
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