Blog Post #1: Layout Choices

I've been a long-time blog explorer and the co-creator of a community website, After the Rain, in the past few years, so I've had some experience already with how decorating a site works. I knew I wanted the title to stand out. It had to be bold, but not be ornate and hard to read. For this reason I chose "Impact" as the font and made the size 130 px. I also researched a bit of CSS to make the title stand in the center for balance and appeal. Since the title was so big and straight, I knew I had to make the subtitle smaller and more stylized, so I changed it to "Calligraffitti" by changing the site's HTML code using online resources. I knew for sure I would stick to "Arial" when it came to the actual post contents because the font is easy to read and a good font when it's at a small size. For the other headings, I experimented with different fonts until they had the right feel, in which I will explain below.

I wanted this blog to be chic, modern, and professional. It had to simple but still have flair. That's where the color choices came in. The patterned background I found as I searched up "Gray Matte Background", because I knew matte's texture would provide the feel I wanted. The gray of the main background doesn't have a pattern to contrast with the outer background and also to prevent readers' eyes from getting disoriented. I chose to keep it dark because white would stand out too much on the matte background and be too bright. Therefore, the content font color is a light gray to make it easy to read, blend with the theme, and not stick out too much on the page. Everything had to be subdued - except for one thing. To create the flair, the pop I wanted, I decided on a rosy pink for all the accents of the blog. It goes well with the gray and doesn't make the theme feel cold compared to choices like blue or purple. Pink also gave the blog a touch of cute flair to the theme.¹

1 This post is for an AP English assignment.