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WHAT’S INSIDE ✍️
Issue #154 (Oct 19th, 2021)
- Clarity in UX terminology
- Airtable for UX research
- Does the perfect font exist?
- Microcopy generation tools
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⚔️ You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Plenty of UX terms lack consistent usage, even among experienced UXers. Lucky for us, this article brings some much-needed clarification and does some myth-busting along the way.
9 Commonly Misused UX Design Terms
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🔬 UX research: sometimes it’s everybody’s job. But if you find yourself lost in a deluge of documents and data, there is a better way. Learn a great approach to using Airtable for UX research.
Getting started with UX research and Airtable
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🔡 You probably won’t be designing a new font any time soon. But you can still advocate for readability in the products you work on. From grotesque vs. humanist to mirroring and more, you’ll be a
font pro in no time with:
5 Key Features of Readable Typefaces
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MICROCOPY BITE 💬
Here’s a unique design feature from Google Ads. It uses purposeful friction to prevent a costly mistake when increasing the daily budget. The microcopy is just right too: clear and to the point.
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MICROCOPY TOOLS ⚙️
Something different this week: a range of free microcopy generation tools. Fun stuff here — play around with them a bit.
- Speak Human: Generate human-centric microcopy for all purposes
- Microcopy.me: Short text for your website
- INK: Microcopy Generator (and many other useful generators!)
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See you next week!
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