Re: Text line length - Was: [Seen this lately?]

Here, here! One of my clients fell in love with Comic Sans and that's what
is used on the site now. Adage in business: "Give the lady what she wants"
and that was a point on which I relinquished any objections/suggestions.
Sharon
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Sharon F. Malone
http://www.24caratdesign.com
"web page design and Internet writing services"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell King" <darrell(at)webctr.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Text line length - Was: [Seen this lately?]


> >>>>As for Comic Sans, the mere sight of it sets my teeth on edge, and
it's
> one  of the quickest ways to get me to ignore or leave a website (right up
> there  huge images who's size isn't defined in the page, and just below
> sound that  launches on load and those stupid fireworks javascript
things).
> This font  is, IMO, a dead giveaway that the person who authored the page
> doesn't know  what they're doing, and always leaves me with a vague
> impression about the  TYPE of personality who created the site (something
I
> know is silly to do,  but I just can't avoid it).<<<<
>
> I'm sure you meant to say "...the type of *client* who insisted the poor
> designer use the font..."
>
> We had this actually happen. If I remember correctly, the client insisted
on
> the font and was also actually the client of a very large B2B client.
>
> Not only are we at the mercy of the browsers, but also of our own wallets!
>
> What a life....:)
>
> D
>
>
>

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