The return of the sidebar
Everyone spent a decade removing them. Now they are back, and the reasons are better than last time.
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Maren Vaas
Editor · Rotterdam
Spent nine years designing for newspapers before moving to the web, which she still describes as “a newspaper that argues back”. Writes about type and layout, mostly.
Why so many new sites look the same
Three visual formulas have quietly taken over. Once you can name them you cannot stop seeing them.
Type scales that survive real content
A ratio that looks perfect in the specimen falls apart at 40 characters. What to check instead.