time is flying and it is almost the end of july and another 2 week block. I have slipped in some of my goals. I never got started with the buffer clone and the shirt idea has basically started taking up a lot of time. I will also be fairly busy this weekend moving out of my apartment.
However the podcast is doing better than expected and I am determined to see it through.
i should also try to contact the uber dude (Kobe).
just contacted uber dude
going to do design over the next 30+ minutes.
this made an impact: web design is 95% typography
verdana, sassoon primary (news), scholar (blog), meta and proxima look good. font is a beautiful group of letters i/o a group of beautiful letters.
- bigger is better
- contrast: headline biggest, subhead big, rest bid
- shorter line lengths
- more color = more line height
font selection:
- dimensions
- special features
- prolonged reading?
- internationalization?
avoid readymade
massimo vignelli: helvetica/futura/garamond3/century expanded/bodoni
boxy/mighty: franklin gothic, blackoak, bree, proxima nova, eurostile
serif for body text and sans serif for page annotations etc.