... say (in order of width) 1, 5, 3, {8, 0}, {6, 9}, {2, 7, 4}. In particular, I like the horizontals of 2, 7 and 4 to be relatively ... without causing an outroar - but I think most [text] type designers would agree that’s a bad idea. hhp The 3 and five in ...

Forum topic - hrant - 3 Oct 2005 - 11:09pm - 23 comments - 1 attachment

... don’t even know what you’re talking about. 2. OT relies on the old TT composite method, which combines bitmaps after they ... AND! the ease of development (for normal everyday designers) that were presented by variations technology in combination with ...

Forum topic - ishamid - 16 Jan 2006 - 12:29pm - 110 comments - 0 attachments

... professions that supported the graphic arts in the past. Designers no longer send out copy to typesetting shops, no longer have ... aesthetics, if only through partial resistance. My 2 cents I vote for technical skills, combined with aesthetics training ...

Forum topic - Norbert Florendo - 26 Oct 2005 - 8:31am - 10 comments - 0 attachments

... I talked to a writer about it once. He was bashing designers for overusing it. I asked him why - I had an answer, but I wanted to ... ways: 1) When an ampersand looks a lot like an E+T. 2) When the text is being read by somebody whose native language is something ...

Forum topic - Peter G. - 17 May 2005 - 9:57pm - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... will correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the 2 ampersands in his wine glass there for spacing reasons? I.e., to make the ... not only in the curvy and curly variety. Perhaps more type designers, now that opentype gives us gazillion character options, should give ...

Forum topic - kaisa - 27 Sep 2004 - 2:31pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments

... lack of respnse to customer needs. I switched to InDesign 2 years ago and would not go back to Quark even if it were free. I know some ... if you want to, but I use to entice “high-end” designers into purchasing full families of digital type fonts back in the Agfa ...

Forum topic - Palatine - 30 Dec 2005 - 2:10pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments

... it should be included in the previous groups). 2. I spaced n and o visually, balancing the white area between and ... is inspired*, in fact better than some of the best native designers. Shnorhagaloutioun. * A big smile on my face seeing that gentle ...

Forum topic - Miguel Sousa - 1 Nov 2007 - 3:20am - 34 comments - 0 attachments

... like crazy on a television screen due to interlacing. 2: Pick fonts with a large x-height - that will allow you to experiment with ... really appreciate the professional views and ideas of the designers on this forum. BR, MKK Hi everyone, Following on ...

Forum topic - mkk - 3 Mar 2004 - 7:35am - 15 comments - 0 attachments

... My design is better because it has swooshes (2 of them for double the effective rebranding capacity). Massive rebrand ... I attribute this to all of the branding firms or internal designers who are just trying to make money and please the client instead of ...

Forum topic - fsamuel - 10 Jan 2006 - 1:53am - 60 comments - 1 attachment

... face. Is it free? Gerald Giampa Both are ok. #2 if it’s Both are ok. #2 if it’s going to be large. Any smaller ... afraid of how younger I’m afraid of how younger designers who haven’t a clue about its history will abuse the ...

Forum topic - pierattt - 16 Jan 2006 - 1:50pm - 54 comments - 0 attachments