graphic design taboos
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- ********0
k er n in g
- brains0
poor line length.
- skwiotsmith0
Saying 'kerning' when you actually mean 'letter spacing'...
- aren't they the same thing?dtan
- sshh - this cannot be discussed.********
- letter spacing is what the entire word looks like. kerning is the relationship between pairsemukid
- pair of letters that isemukid
- http://upload.wikime…********
- letterspacing: otherwise known as tracking.gramme
- ind ee d...********
- i've been schooled.
may I go home now?Point5
- gramme0
screening type for print jobs
drop shadows, unless they are soooo subtle you don't even recognize them as such
Arial
excessive use of ruled lines
Thin lines any heavier than .4 pt.
- brains0
alright, personal problem, not necessarily a taboo if done properly. Force justification.
- gramme0
poorly set paragraphs of justified type
- brains0
most of http://dafont.com
- pantone0
Printing in RGB
- brains0
That's all we have eh?
- brains0
lens flare
- gramme0
Designing a "logotype" by merely setting type without altering any letterforms in the least bit.
No matter how simple...it should always be unique!!
- robotron3k0
apple reflections, vector paint drips
- marychain0
Any use of a puzzle or puzzle piece as a graphic and wording to the effect of "Putting it all together" or somesuch as a clever tagline
shudders at the thought
- tasty0
shitty layer styles
- frost2150
web 2.0
- brains0
flash "morph"