{"id":4014,"date":"2015-02-13T06:03:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2015-02-25T07:27:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T12:27:56","slug":"just-your-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=4014","title":{"rendered":"Just Your Type"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Curtis Newbold, \u201cThe Visual Communication Guy,\u201d runs a website about topics in good design. He says \u201cit\u2019s as important for (people) to be literate in visual communication these days as it is to know the fundamentals of grammar.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s created a nifty infographic<\/a>, \u201c18 Rules for Using Text\u201d if you’re intrigued by graphic design, web design, and just generally making the stuff you print out look better. The graphic is also available from his store in poster form, in case you have a bare patch on your office wall.<\/p>\n

I look at a lot of websites and can attest to the fact that these rules are violated often. And, while they aren\u2019t rules in the sense of \u201cnever do this,\u201d they are certainly rules-of-thumb. Red or yellow type on a black background? No, please. Going crazy with fonts? Amazing how many people still do this. A list like this is a good reminder of these most common mistakes–which are “mistakes” because they discourage readership. Something none of us want to do.<\/p>\n

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