Does font/typeface matter to you?

[Michael]

Hi, my name is Michael and I'm... sorry, wrong group. My name is Michael and I'm new here. As long as it's a serif font I'm generally OK with it. Felix Titling, a serif font, is fun to say.

[Jim]

That would make Felix Titling a small boobed cat?

[Jonathan]

Welcome to the group Michael.

[[ JT ]]

Just to clarify, it's actually sans serif, for the French sans, "without".

;)

[Kevin]

ahhh...amanda fits in nicely with the correction

[Kevin]

(yeah, i know i don't use upper case)

[[ JT ]]

BunWat wrote: "
Wait, what? Which is sans serif? Felix titling is not a sans serif font, its a serif font."

Sorry, should have quoted. :)

Previous page there were a bunch of images referring to "San Serif", which is actually incorrect terminology. :)

[Kevin]

my son is a font elitist

[Jonathan]

Amanda (JT) wrote: "Previous page there were a bunch of images referring to..."

...hence the joke about the fictional town in the Basque region, etc.

[Michael]

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "my son is a font elitist"

I used to know someone who lived in Font du Lac, Wisconsin. We dated briefly, she wasn't my type.

[Jonathan]

Hah!

[Carol]

I prefer sans serif - Trebuchet, Tahoma, Verdana. A bad typeface in a book can reduce the pleasure of reading, as can yellowed pages or weird smells.

[janine]

or not enough white space. pages need a balanced amount of white space.

[Carol]

Yes! I just finished a book with way too much white space. There were two thin columns and a sea of white. I realize that some of the pages had images, but it was very distracting.

[Jonathan]

Incorporating images can really wreak havoc on a book's design. When it's done well, of course, it's great. But sometimes it leads to those strange, extra-wide margins like the ones you describe Carol. Makes it seem more like a magazine than a book. I think a bad layout sometimes leads me to take the text less seriously, though probably it shouldn't.

[Carol]

It definitely did make me think less of the author's expertise on the matter - which was bookmaking.

[Félix]

Avec l'espace blanc.

[Jonathan]

Carol wrote: "It definitely did make me think less of the author's expertise on the matter - which was bookmaking."

A book by a bookie?

[Carol]

scribes, medieval craftsmen...people that make books?

[Jonathan]

Oh, sorry, I thought maybe you could give us gambling advice.

[Carol]

Larry wrote: "Avec l'espace blanc."


with spaces of white?

[Félix]

Like this, Carol:




















:)

[Kevin]

i thought it meant "the voice of bugs bunny"

[Félix]

No that was Mel.

[Jonathan]

Les Mélodies Joyeux avec du Mel Blanc?

[Brittomart]

Michael wrote: "Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "my son is a font elitist"

I used to know someone who lived in Font du Lac, Wisconsin. We dated briefly, she wasn't my type."

Yeah, you're gonna have no problem fitting in.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Michael wrote: "Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "my son is a font elitist"

I used to know someone who lived in Font du Lac, Wisconsin. We dated briefly, she wasn't my type."

Oh dear.

[Carol]

I'm reading On Beauty. Every page I try to turn results in two or more pages turning, and this is seriously reducing my reading pleasure.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Did GR just change the font and size of the comment typeface AGAIN???

It suddenly seems super tiny.

I just wish they would stop.