
PDFs – just say no!
PDFs have become ubiquitous in the digital world, making it easy to share documents in a fixed format.
Web designer within the University of St Andrews digital communications team. A graduate of Abertay University (BA Hons Computer Arts, 2012), Lewis joined the digital communications team in 2013 during the re-design of the admissions website which lead to the new visual design for the University website. Lewis is a jack of all trades when it comes to design and media. You'll mainly find him burrowed in the depths of Photoshop meticulously crafting designs to pixel perfection.
PDFs have become ubiquitous in the digital world, making it easy to share documents in a fixed format.
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Latest updates from the Digital Communications team at University of St Andrews for December 2022.
From the start of any digital project, accessibility should be the main focus of your content. If what you have created has accessibility issues you will have to revisit it to make it so. This can sometimes create a…
Links are more useful when they make sense out of context.