For my blog, I used a Simple template. I initially changed the color option, but I decided to stay with red because that color reminds me the most of India. When I think of India, I think of red spices and shiny red saris. The design appealed to me because it is simple and won't distract from the text.
I have blogged previously, and one of the things that I struggled with the most is having too many things on my blog page. This caused problems in distracting from my text and taking a long time to load the blog. After all, as attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
Another change I made to the blog was to alter the header font. I went to the "Template" tab and clicked on the "Customize" option. After the new page showed up, I clicked on the "Advanced" tab. There are several options for editing the fonts of different parts of the blog. I changed the Blog Title option to "Calligraffitti," which I chose because it looked more like script.
I am so glad you explored those font options! (and you made such a nice choice!) I need to write up a Tech Tip about that - Google Sites works the same way, where you can access the CSS (style sheets) for the site and make font adjustments like that sitewide. Fantastic! I was sure that if people started exploring Blogger they would find all kinds of good design tips, and what you find to be useful gives me good ideas about what I should write up as Tech Tips for students who might not be exploring on their own. Super!
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