Comments on: Basic tips for more fashionable typography http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/ smart design for print and the web Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:13:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: 75+ Truly Remarkable Typography Resources | Hi, I'm Grace Smith http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-25 75+ Truly Remarkable Typography Resources | Hi, I'm Grace Smith Fri, 15 May 2009 12:18:48 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-25 [...] Basic tips for more fashionable typography [...] [...] Basic tips for more fashionable typography [...]

]]> By: 75+ Truly Remarkable Typography Resources | Hi, I'm Grace Smith http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-26 75+ Truly Remarkable Typography Resources | Hi, I'm Grace Smith Fri, 15 May 2009 12:18:48 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-26 [...] Basic tips for more fashionable typography [...] [...] Basic tips for more fashionable typography [...]

]]> By: Christina Rodriguez http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Christina Rodriguez Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:16:24 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-16 Great tips, Amy! The photo gave me a nice chuckle, too. Great tips, Amy! The photo gave me a nice chuckle, too.

]]> By: Kristin Maija Peterson http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Kristin Maija Peterson Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:54:44 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-23 Well put. I’m just plain offended by the bad use of typography and the whole underlining bit. A fellow designer and I have lamented about the amount of poor design out there (at least when it comes to some websites we’ve run into) and have coined the term for amateur as DBN — meaning “Designed by Nephew.” No offense to the nephews out there who happen to professional designers. P.S. Are crocs as comfortable as people say they are? Well put. I’m just plain offended by the bad use of typography and the whole underlining bit. A fellow designer and I have lamented about the amount of poor design out there (at least when it comes to some websites we’ve run into) and have coined the term for amateur as DBN — meaning “Designed by Nephew.” No offense to the nephews out there who happen to professional designers.

P.S. Are crocs as comfortable as people say they are?

]]> By: mstewart http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-22 mstewart Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:49:07 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-22 Good post and the photo sums it up perfectly. It's a question of taste and respecting the readers by not hitting them over the head with the obvious. Underlining is like a person prefacing the joke by saying "I am telling you a funny joke so listen and respond accordingly, as instructed and on cue" WE GET IT!!!! (also hate multiple explanation points) (I would like to underline this for you but can't find my tools so. . .well, you get it) Good post and the photo sums it up perfectly. It’s a question of taste and respecting the readers by not hitting them over the head with the obvious. Underlining is like a person prefacing the joke by saying
“I am telling you a funny joke so listen and respond accordingly, as instructed and on cue”

WE GET IT!!!! (also hate multiple explanation points)
(I would like to underline this for you but can’t find my tools so. . .well, you get it)

]]> By: DigitalDoyle http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-21 DigitalDoyle Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:43 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-21 Excellent post, and dead on target! Underlines are so very 1994. Great post, Amy. But David is right, the Crocks did match the poor lame guy's suit. Thanks for making me laugh today with the background impetus for this post! I'm so very glad I know you. ;o) Excellent post, and dead on target!

Underlines are so very 1994. Great post, Amy.

But David is right, the Crocks did match the poor lame guy’s suit.

Thanks for making me laugh today with the background impetus for this post!

I’m so very glad I know you. ;o)

]]> By: Amy http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Amy Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:44:28 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-20 In the 80s, I used to match my bandana to my outfit. That still doesn't make it right. In the 80s, I used to match my bandana to my outfit. That still doesn’t make it right.

]]> By: David McClure http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-19 David McClure Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:41:04 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-19 Hey! No one seems to have noticed the most important point. His crocs match his shirt. He's coordinated! Hey! No one seems to have noticed the most important point. His crocs match his shirt. He’s coordinated!

]]> By: Christine Kless http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Christine Kless Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:20:39 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-18 Great tips! One of my favorite books that you recommended to me years ago is "The Non-Designers Guide to Design" by Robin Williams (not the comic). It is full of great, useful tips to dramatically improve the look of any piece. I would like to recommend that the lady who writes and "designs" (a term I will use loosely) my son's pre-school newsletter read that book! The newsletter is riddled with the faux pas you mention plus numerous others. It is so visually unappealing, I can barely read it. Hence my excuse why I never know what is going on at his school! I look forward to future posts on this subject. Great tips! One of my favorite books that you recommended to me years ago is “The Non-Designers Guide to Design” by Robin Williams (not the comic). It is full of great, useful tips to dramatically improve the look of any piece. I would like to recommend that the lady who writes and “designs” (a term I will use loosely) my son’s pre-school newsletter read that book! The newsletter is riddled with the faux pas you mention plus numerous others. It is so visually unappealing, I can barely read it. Hence my excuse why I never know what is going on at his school! I look forward to future posts on this subject.

]]> By: Ed Kless http://stewartdesign.com/2009/04/basic-tips-for-more-fashionable-typography/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Ed Kless Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:09:24 +0000 http://www.stewartdesign.com/?p=259#comment-17 Very well done. Underlines on a web page with no link <b>make me CRAZY!</b> Very well done.

Underlines on a web page with no link make me CRAZY!

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