Comments on: Typography Commandments

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:43:41 +0000

AMEN!

By: isao2010

isao2010 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:40:11 +0000

“The leading (the spacing between text baselines) ” is a good answer for me.

Leading has two meanings? One is the spacing between text baselines. The other is the spacing between underside of one line and upperside of the next line. No?

By: TerranRich

TerranRich — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:37:13 +0000

The whole serif/sans-serif thing is debatable. Some people argue that serif fonts are easier to read, as the serifs naturally lead the eye from one letter to the next. If serif fonts have no place in magazine/book text, then why are most, if not all, novels written in serif fonts? Because they're easier to read. The way I see it is this: sans-serif for web page body text, serif for print body text. And the opposite for each medium's header text. :)

By: TerranRich

TerranRich — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:37:13 +0000

The whole serif/sans-serif thing is debatable. Some people argue that serif fonts are easier to read, as the serifs naturally lead the eye from one letter to the next. If serif fonts have no place in magazine/book text, then why are most, if not all, novels written in serif fonts? Because they're easier to read. I've always been taught that SANS-serif fonts should be for headers, and SERIF fonts for body text.

As I said, you can make the argument for both sides. The way I see it is this: sans-serif for web page body text, serif for print body text. And the opposite for each medium's header text. :)

By: tasha

tasha — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:04:11 +0000

If thou art designing an ad for a newspaper, thou shalt use ONLY 100K for black. Do NOT use rich black, you will be requested to change it to accommodate the press. And if thou submit thy ad in RGB, a curse be upon thee.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:44:55 +0000

Couldn’t agree more. I couldn’t even read most of the article, the “shall” kept contrasting and bothering me so much. If he’s going to nitpick all of these typography flaws, it stands to reason that something this easy to fix should be corrected.

By: Professor Cuddles

Professor Cuddles — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:32:46 +0000

Rule #1 for readers of this post:

Thou shalt not make an ass of thine self by nit picking every little wrong detail.

So there are a few disagreements. Deal with it. You still read it, didn’t you?

Buncha’ picky gits.

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By: daveconrey

daveconrey — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:57:53 +0000

As its been said a couple time, NEVER EVER EVER use rich black for body copy.

Also, for “cool black”, you don’t need 60-cyan, 100-black. 40/100 would do just fine and not risk as much oversaturation of ink.

By: Andrew P.

Andrew P. — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:34:31 +0000

We all agree.