| === DoctorMO is now known as doctormo | ||
| coz_ | howdy doody | 18:38 |
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| doctormo | thorwil: Hey, can I ask a favour? I would like a poster reviewed critically. I'm so far not happy with it but I think you might be able to offer some good advice. | 20:08 |
| thorwil | doctormo: sure | 20:09 |
| doctormo | http://imagebin.ca/view/JpEU0f9C.html | 20:09 |
| thorwil | doctormo: what's the target medium and size? | 20:10 |
| doctormo | Medium: paper, wall hanging, size US double letter, aka silly size ;-) | 20:10 |
| doctormo | It's actually called Ledger/Tabloid sized. | 20:11 |
| doctormo | But I assume it could be reformed into A3 for other markets. | 20:11 |
| thorwil | it just looks like it would have to be fairly large to be readable | 20:12 |
| thorwil | it's too dense, crowded | 20:12 |
| thorwil | the type dances way too much, especially as it looks like 3 distinct funky fonts are used? | 20:13 |
| doctormo | thoughts on how to fix some of the issues? the main font is 18pt Ubuntu, the rest are funky I agree. | 20:14 |
| thorwil | never use justified without hyphenation (you might get away with it on the web, but not in print) | 20:14 |
| doctormo | I think I've been critizied more in the past for my font selection than anything else, so I defer immediatly on the issue now. | 20:14 |
| thorwil | try to use 2 fonts only | 20:14 |
| thorwil | shorten the text wherever you can | 20:15 |
| thorwil | e.g., don't mention an example in text, if you have a list right next to it | 20:16 |
| thorwil | brightness contrast between body text and background is a bit on the low side | 20:17 |
| thorwil | try to establish sections with spacing alone (no bars for the titles) | 20:18 |
| doctormo | I'm thinking of posting the svg http://divajutta.com/doctormo/art/foss+creative-commons.svg to the mailing list while I recharge my artfulness. Do you think anyone there would be any good at nudging it in the right direction?\ | 20:18 |
| thorwil | doctormo: except for rob oakes i'm not aware of anyone still on the list where i saw indication of layout skills | 20:20 |
| thorwil | usually also no indication of a lack thereof. simply not layout work :) | 20:21 |
| doctormo | I guess I'll have to come back to it myself, not all my layout work is this bad, I think I've just gotten a little tired of this one. | 20:22 |
| doctormo | thorwil: I decided to be persistent, can you check i've incorporated all your good suggestions? http://imagebin.ca/view/EFZMHu.html | 20:59 |
| thorwil | doctormo: better, at now it can breathe. you really should look into the use of grids in layout | 21:00 |
| thorwil | doctormo: the result of half an hour (and i could invest several times that to get it really right): http://www.foopics.com/showfull/8dd687f66275d6fd8bb2e0cc565c2080 | 21:04 |
| thorwil | you have to imagine text flowing around the bottom left image ;) | 21:05 |
| doctormo | nice | 21:05 |
| thorwil | didn't care about the fonts, just cared about introducing a grid | 21:06 |
| thorwil | i would consider to go with a single image. with this layout, in the top right | 21:07 |
| thorwil | doctormo: i noticed you didn't use flowed text. well, you should | 21:08 |
| doctormo | I thought I did | 21:08 |
| thorwil | doctormo: want the file, before i go and shut off the mind-eater? | 21:09 |
| doctormo | Email it to me so I can see your grids, I think it will give me an idea of how you do things. | 21:09 |
| thorwil | done | 21:10 |
| thorwil | good night! :) | 21:10 |
| === Schendje-2 is now known as schendje | ||
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