An Observation or Two
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Notes to self:
Sometimes, when designing a website or perhaps even a brochure, sometimes, just sometimes, it is permissable to use something besides flat colors. And sometimes, just sometimes, it makes sense not to sequester your type into nice little white or colored horizontal boxes but instead to let it roam free, perhaps using more than two different typefaces in various point sizes, on top of an image or perhaps even a texture, a texture which does not necessarily even have to have anything to do with the type under which the texture lies! Remember that sometimes, just sometimes, textures are appropriate simply because they look nice. And sometimes, just sometimes, the aforementioned typefaces that are now cascading freely across the page do not need to be part of the Helvetica, Bodoni, or even your beloved Lubalin family of typefaces. Sometimes, perhaps, it is even appropriate to use a typeface created by House Industries, even though these same typefaces usually make you shake your head in befuddled confusion.
So, Self, remember that sometimes devices such as these are appropriate, and should be considered in their turn.
Just sometimes.
Sometimes, when designing a website or perhaps even a brochure, sometimes, just sometimes, it is permissable to use something besides flat colors. And sometimes, just sometimes, it makes sense not to sequester your type into nice little white or colored horizontal boxes but instead to let it roam free, perhaps using more than two different typefaces in various point sizes, on top of an image or perhaps even a texture, a texture which does not necessarily even have to have anything to do with the type under which the texture lies! Remember that sometimes, just sometimes, textures are appropriate simply because they look nice. And sometimes, just sometimes, the aforementioned typefaces that are now cascading freely across the page do not need to be part of the Helvetica, Bodoni, or even your beloved Lubalin family of typefaces. Sometimes, perhaps, it is even appropriate to use a typeface created by House Industries, even though these same typefaces usually make you shake your head in befuddled confusion.
So, Self, remember that sometimes devices such as these are appropriate, and should be considered in their turn.
Just sometimes.
