the power of fonts...
Aug 23rd 2009, 3:26 pm
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the power of fonts...
...is it just me, but I find it really difficult to work in certain fonts, eg times new roman...one of my clients, however, insists on all press releases being in this font...whereas i'm an arial or verdana girl by choice...
it just doesn't look right to me, and i find it totally distracting if i'm trying to draft something...same if they insist on having the page justified, it's wrong, wrong wrong...
ok, ok, maybe it's just me, and maybe i'm just a bit anal about it...(and i'm just struggling for inspiration for a press release at the mo and looking for excuses not to do it, lol...)
MM, xx
it just doesn't look right to me, and i find it totally distracting if i'm trying to draft something...same if they insist on having the page justified, it's wrong, wrong wrong...
ok, ok, maybe it's just me, and maybe i'm just a bit anal about it...(and i'm just struggling for inspiration for a press release at the mo and looking for excuses not to do it, lol...)
MM, xx
Aug 23rd 2009, 5:01 pm
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Re: the power of fonts...
...is it just me, but I find it really difficult to work in certain fonts, eg times new roman...one of my clients, however, insists on all press releases being in this font...whereas i'm an arial or verdana girl by choice...
it just doesn't look right to me, and i find it totally distracting if i'm trying to draft something...same if they insist on having the page justified, it's wrong, wrong wrong...
ok, ok, maybe it's just me, and maybe i'm just a bit anal about it...(and i'm just struggling for inspiration for a press release at the mo and looking for excuses not to do it, lol...)
MM, xx
it just doesn't look right to me, and i find it totally distracting if i'm trying to draft something...same if they insist on having the page justified, it's wrong, wrong wrong...
ok, ok, maybe it's just me, and maybe i'm just a bit anal about it...(and i'm just struggling for inspiration for a press release at the mo and looking for excuses not to do it, lol...)
MM, xx
Aug 23rd 2009, 5:17 pm
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Re: the power of fonts...
Aug 23rd 2009, 5:18 pm
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Re: the power of fonts...
Arial is my default font, I hate Times New Roman too.
Aug 23rd 2009, 6:16 pm
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Re: the power of fonts...
Times roman has done its time...the legal fogies like this but then it plays havoc with the eyes...
Is there a conspiracy with the opticians cause it can send your eyes in a spin not too soon you have astigmatism
Arial, tahoma modern fonts for clarity and ease of reading.
Verdanas shows you're one with style...on a casual day Monotype corsiva does the business.
Good luck
The client pays the bills...keep a copy of the verdana for yourself
Is there a conspiracy with the opticians cause it can send your eyes in a spin not too soon you have astigmatism
Arial, tahoma modern fonts for clarity and ease of reading.
Verdanas shows you're one with style...on a casual day Monotype corsiva does the business.
Good luck
The client pays the bills...keep a copy of the verdana for yourself
Aug 23rd 2009, 6:20 pm
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Re: the power of fonts...
Times New Roman (TNR) went out years ago with most of my clients, as did justifying text. Most use Arial now with a few using Helvetica. Verdana still looks like TNR to me.
Aug 23rd 2009, 7:10 pm
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Re: the power of fonts...
Times roman has done its time...the legal fogies like this but then it plays havoc with the eyes...
Is there a conspiracy with the opticians cause it can send your eyes in a spin not too soon you have astigmatism
Arial, tahoma modern fonts for clarity and ease of reading.
Verdanas shows you're one with style...on a casual day Monotype corsiva does the business.
Good luck
The client pays the bills...keep a copy of the verdana for yourself
Is there a conspiracy with the opticians cause it can send your eyes in a spin not too soon you have astigmatism
Arial, tahoma modern fonts for clarity and ease of reading.
Verdanas shows you're one with style...on a casual day Monotype corsiva does the business.
Good luck
The client pays the bills...keep a copy of the verdana for yourself
MM, xx
Aug 23rd 2009, 7:16 pm
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Aug 23rd 2009, 7:37 pm
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Re: the power of fonts...
I quite like Garamond.........
.... but I hate Comic Sans MS - looks like a kid's (bad) handwriting......
.... but I hate Comic Sans MS - looks like a kid's (bad) handwriting......
Aug 24th 2009, 8:08 am
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Re: the power of fonts...
...is it just me, but I find it really difficult to work in certain fonts, eg times new roman...one of my clients, however, insists on all press releases being in this font...whereas i'm an arial or verdana girl by choice...
it just doesn't look right to me, and i find it totally distracting if i'm trying to draft something...same if they insist on having the page justified, it's wrong, wrong wrong...
ok, ok, maybe it's just me, and maybe i'm just a bit anal about it...(and i'm just struggling for inspiration for a press release at the mo and looking for excuses not to do it, lol...)
MM, xx
it just doesn't look right to me, and i find it totally distracting if i'm trying to draft something...same if they insist on having the page justified, it's wrong, wrong wrong...
ok, ok, maybe it's just me, and maybe i'm just a bit anal about it...(and i'm just struggling for inspiration for a press release at the mo and looking for excuses not to do it, lol...)
MM, xx
Aug 24th 2009, 8:39 am
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