14 Infographic Do's and Don'ts to Design Beautiful and Effective Infographics

Overwhelmed by the idea of designing your own infographic? Don't be! In this comprehensive video, we go over 14 infographic do's and don'ts to help ramp up your infographic design. Then get ready to create your own design for free with Visme: https://www.visme.co/make-infographics/ --- Compare Visme vs. Piktochart for your infographic design needs: https://www.visme.co/visme-vs-piktoch... Staring at a blank infographic canvas can seem intimidating, but it doesn't have to be that way! First, we always recommend starting with a template. Having a starting point in your infographic design can make it even easier to get your design off on the right foot. But knowing some best practices and infographic do's and don'ts can help even more. In this video, Mike Ploger dives into 14 different infographic do's and don'ts that can help you to design beautiful and effective infographics. Follow along to learn more about each of these infographic design principles: 00:49 Text and Visual Balance 1:40 Fonts and Typography 2:26 Margins 3:07 Spacing 3:45 Color Scheme 4:16 Visual Hierarchy 4:48 Sizing the Elements 5:15 Infographic Size 5:46 Image Quality 6:10 Image Copyrights 6:21 Icons 6:57 Interactivity 7:41 Animation 8:22 Data Widgets 9:00 Legal Issues Learn even more by watching the whole video! We cover visual balance, font and color choices, margins and spacing, visual hierarchy and more. To learn even more about each individual section, check out our blog at visme.co/blog. Find articles on font pairing, like this one here: https://visme.co/blog/pairing-fonts/ You can even learn about color psychology, like Mike mentioned in the video: https://visme.co/blog/color-psycholog... Or check out this post all about visual hierarchy: http://visme.co/blog/visual-hierarchy/ We have tons of videos and blog articles covering everything from infographic design to presentation design and more. Be sure to subscribe to our channel to be notified each time we publish a new video. And be sure to check out the blog post version of this video, as well as our full-length do's and don'ts infographic: https://visme.co/blog/infographic-des...