Visual Design Fundamentals
Type scales, color systems, the 8-point grid, and visual hierarchy — the concrete rules interviewers use to tell a designer who can justify a pixel from one who's guessing
Covers modular type scales and why a constrained set of sizes beats arbitrary pixel values, line-height and line-length rules grounded in how eyes actually track text, color as a functional (not just decorative) property with an explicit link to WCAG contrast and color-blind failure modes, the 8-point spacing grid versus layout-grid columns/gutters as two distinct systems people conflate, the four levers of visual hierarchy with a worked form redesign, Jakob's Law and where consistency is non-negotiable versus where novelty is safe, and the diagnostic question for knowing when a visual fix is the right fix versus a coat of paint on a structural problem.
Practice questions (5)
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Auditing a Product's Typography Against a Scale
Intermediate · Free -
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Fixing a Color System That Only Signals State Through Hue
Intermediate -
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A Developer Confused by 'the Grid' During Handoff
Intermediate -
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Redesigning a Dashboard Alert That Nobody Notices
Intermediate -
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A Brand Refresh That Redesigned the Buttons
Intermediate