[IxDA Discuss] Tools for communicating styles to developers

Ty Hatch newsletters at tyhatch.com
Tue Oct 2 13:37:21 PDT 2007


You could put together a basic CSS file for them to build from... No  
HTML, just CSS.


On Oct 2, 2007, at 2:14 PM, <bjminihan at nc.rr.com> wrote:

We use Visio with callouts, to document Photoshop, screenshots or  
other callouts.  Folks tend to gravitate well to them, and the  
callout templates save a ton of time...

  - Bryan
http://www.bryanminihan.com

---- Gabriel Friedman <gabefriedman at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Does anyone have any nifty ideas/thoughts/tools for creating design- 
> specific style guides from photoshop mockups?
>
> Basically, i've designed a site and now have to communicate the  
> various styles - text, padding, margins, etc... - to the coders.
>
> Ideally, simply creating html rather than graphic mockups would  
> save time (but add it to the design phase).
>
> My current method of choice is using illustrator to create visual  
> style guides, using a legend, etc... there are problems with this  
> approach, mainly that it's time consuming and not comprehensive.
>
> Any bright ideas out there?
>
> Thanks,
> Gabe Friedman
> www.gabefriedman.com
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