stand by your fonts
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- zeroblade
Tell me again how can a starkly old font like ALBERTUS EXTRA BOLD be placed onto a futuristic shatter style IT background be even considered.
Tell me again how can anyone choose in that context to use the AEB font over Larabie's ZERO series?
Tell me again that I shouldn't quit this job.
Tell me.
- unknown0
well ... after postmodernism and various retro 60ies, 70ies, 80ies fads I think we're now in the era of post-good taste
- jox0
It pays...
.... right?
- unknown0
I've got the same problem to some extent. I'm working on all kind of visuals and a pretty big site for a friend's clothing company he started a while back. He has a store, sells stuff by other people, and his one stuff.
But he wants this old english, kind of sharp looking font that is terrible when it comes to readability. I try to tell him "The font on your floor, and your existing communication materials is a normal font, all caps, easy to read, let's stay with that."
So I'm hoping he lets me go with that.
This is the first big project I've done in a while, and I wish I could have had my hands in it from the beginning. They've had three different fonts I've seen so far w/the logo...
But seeing as the site won't be up until January most likely, I've got time to deal with all that.
- zeroblade0
cool... send the link when it's done yeah?
the issue proceeded with me sending my superior (even though few people are superior to designers) an email that politely reminded him of my role, and that he should leave the design to the designer (aka me)
he relented. cos the email was CCed to his superior. *wink*
well... it's one of those days i get sick of designers being regarded at being cosmetic people for their content. we got more soul, yeah?
keep dreamin'
- Bunkum0
Work in Progress: Wacky 'old school' fonts ahoy! http://www.workinprog.com/
- Kernit0
selfservicedesign magazine.
ha! my mum was doing spreads like that back in the seventies!
- laurus0
your mom was doing spreads?