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== Skills and techniques ==

===Typography===

Usually a successful website has only a few typefaces which are of a similar style, instead of using a range of typefaces. Preferably a website should use sans serif or serif typefaces, not a combination of the two. [[Typography]] in websites should also be careful the amount of typefaces used, good design will incorporate a few similar typefaces rather than a range of type faces. Most browsers recognize a specific number of safe fonts, which designers mainly use in order to avoid complications. As websites have specific safe fonts that most browsers will operate with, designers should use these fonts as much as possible to better control a website if it breaks down. Most layouts on a site incorporate white spaces to break the text up into paragraphs and also avoid centre aligned text.

<ref>{{cite web|last=Stone|first=John|title=20 Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Web Typography| url=http://webdesignledger.com/tips/20-dos-and-donts-of-effective-web-typographyaccessdate=19/03/2012}} </ref>