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by Deborah Levinson, Tania Schlatter
Visual Usability
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Copyright
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
The challenge
Approach and organization
Embodying form and function
Part I: The Meta-Principles
Chapter 1. Consistency
What do we mean by consistency?
What role does consistency play in application design?
What if you can’t be consistent?
A brief aside about accessibility
Avoid common mistakes
Make informed decisions
Elevate the ordinary
Chapter 2. Hierarchy
What do we mean by hierarchy?
Characteristics of hierarchy
Interplay of characteristics
Defining a hierarchy
Avoid common mistakes
Make informed decisions
Elevate the ordinary
Chapter 3. Personality
Elements of interface personality
Establishing criteria for personality
Exploring a personality’s possibilities
Avoid common mistakes
Make informed decisions
Elevate the ordinary
Part II: The Visual Usability Tools
Chapter 5. Type
The language of type
Typesetting considerations
How type affects the meta-principles
Defining a rationale for type
Avoid common mistakes
Make informed decisions
Elevate the ordinary
Chapter 6. Color
What color can do
Color basics
Defining a rationale for color
Avoid common mistakes
Make informed decisions
Elevate the ordinary
Chapter 7. Imagery
Communicating with images
Types of imagery and uses
Using images in your application
Imagery and the meta-principles
Avoid common mistakes
Make informed decisions
Elevate the ordinary
Chapter 8. Controls and Affordances
Using design to reveal affordances
Controls, affordances, and the meta-principles
Avoid common mistakes
Make informed decisions
Elevate the ordinary
Summary: Interface Design as Visual Conversation
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Visual Usability
Principles and Practices for Designing Digital Applications
Tania Schlatter
and Deborah Levinson
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