James Freeman on thu 18 mar 10
A big thanks to everyone who offered comments on and criticism of my
new website, both on and off list. I tried to write a note of thanks
to each contributor individually, and apologize if I missed anyone.
Many helpful suggestions, and I have spent the morning incorporating
almost all of them. I learned a lot about text readability from some
of our clayart members who are professional web designers. The most
surprising thing I learned is that the double-space between sentences
we all were taught in school is no longer considered proper form in
our age of proportional fonts, and in fact has not been used in print
since the sixties. No, I didn't believe it either, but look at any
book, magazine, newspaper, or professional website and see for
yourself. In any case, my text should now be eminently more readable.
I also changed the font on some of my buttons, and toned down the
formerly white logo at the bottom of the page so it doesn't punch you
in the eyes quite so hard.
Designing and building the site by myself has been an incredible, and
often frustrating, learning opportunity, but mostly it has given me
renewed respect for those amongst us who do it for a living.
Definitely an art form in it's own right.
All the best.
...James
James Freeman
"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I
should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."
-Michel de Montaigne
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/resources
Arnold Howard on thu 18 mar 10
From: "James Freeman"
The most
> surprising thing I learned is that the double-space
> between sentences
> we all were taught in school is no longer considered
> proper form in
> our age of proportional fonts
I was taught the double space in high school typing class.
Leaving only one space after the period saves a lot of time
over the course of a year. MS Word even highlights two
spaces so you can remove one.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
Jennifer Boyer on thu 18 mar 10
I have 2 monitors here and can't read the 2nd line of your top banner text
on either of them. It might help to add a small stroke to the text to
thicken the letters. That font is very narrow and suffers from the switch t=
o
lo-res I think.....
Jennifer
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:19 PM, James Freeman <
jamesfreemanstudio@gmail.com> wrote:
> A big thanks to everyone who offered comments on and criticism of my
> new website, both on and off list. I tried to write a note of thanks
> to each contributor individually, and apologize if I missed anyone.
>
> Many helpful suggestions, and I have spent the morning incorporating
> almost all of them. I learned a lot about text readability from some
> of our clayart members who are professional web designers. The most
> surprising thing I learned is that the double-space between sentences
> we all were taught in school is no longer considered proper form in
> our age of proportional fonts, and in fact has not been used in print
> since the sixties. No, I didn't believe it either, but look at any
> book, magazine, newspaper, or professional website and see for
> yourself. In any case, my text should now be eminently more readable.
> I also changed the font on some of my buttons, and toned down the
> formerly white logo at the bottom of the page so it doesn't punch you
> in the eyes quite so hard.
>
> Designing and building the site by myself has been an incredible, and
> often frustrating, learning opportunity, but mostly it has given me
> renewed respect for those amongst us who do it for a living.
> Definitely an art form in it's own right.
>
> All the best.
>
> ...James
>
> James Freeman
>
> "All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I
> should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."
> -Michel de Montaigne
>
> http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesfreemanstudio/
> http://www.jamesfreemanstudio.com/resources
>
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