hello! This is the weblog of Amrinder Sandhu
— a freelance web designer from Punjab, India; who runs a small design studio.

Serious efforts are being made to get more typeface choices on the web to enhance web typography. Still, most of us prefer web-safe fonts like: Verdana, Georgia, Times New Roman and Arial. Though choices are limited, yet the number can be increased by exploring other pre-installed fonts.

It feels awesome when you are featured among the best web designers, especially in the beginning of your career. Just like Oscar nomination, it’s more than exciting! In web designing, there are no Oscar kind-of awards, so getting featured in some of the best web galleries or good design-blogs with huge audience is more than enough to satisfy you.

With over 173,900 subscribers and 90,300 Twitter followers, Smashing Magazine is well known among designers as a source of high-quality content. Recently, it has been redesigned and Smashing Network has been introduced. But the site needs better Information Architecture and there are a few usability issues as well.

Every designer is inspired by some other designer — better or more experienced. Inspiration is must to keep us moving forward and keep trying to produce better results. Without inspiration, sometimes we get stuck when ideas stop falling. Every designer should be prepared for such situation.

Last Friday I came back home from Canada after almost 4 long months. It is sooner than expected. My friends and family never thought I would come any sooner because people, here in Punjab, are crazy about abroad. But I have different priorities and prefer family, friends and comfortable life above money.