Carrie Cousins

Carrie Cousins is a freelance writer with more than 10 years of experience in the communications industry, including writing for print and online publications, and design and editing. You can connect with Carrie on Twitter @carriecousins.

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Spring is in full bloom and WordPress designers are busy as ever. The market is filled with tons of new themes and the…

25+ free WordPress themes for April 2014

It’s been a busy month for theme designers & developers as a large number of new themes were released, making this…

21 free WordPress themes for March 2014

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Nothing is more important than readability when it comes to the text on your website. Absolutely nothing. If you can’t…

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While kerning of type is a common practice in print design, it seems to be less common in web applications. But it does…

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A key component to any website design is type. Selecting fonts, sizes and colors can be a big part of how you outline…

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The world seems to be getting a little smaller each day thanks to online communities and social networking. In turn,…