Re: Talk about GARISH!

<sniff, sniff>as an old typesetter I miss the knowledge base that used to
exist for type and design. I'm not really that old (I started working young)
but I remember the conversations the graphic artists used to have about what
that little machine (Mac SE) was going to do now that anybody could
"pretend" to be an artist. And to be honest, those artists were right
(explosive lack of knowledge, understanding, and design sense)... but it
also gave people (who would have otherwise never known) the chance to find
out that they were truly talented.

The end result? Garish, tacky, and gawd-awful are fine, as long as they fit.

Andrew


----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Fuller" <zilf(at)leapinliz.com>
To: "HWG Basics" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: Talk about GARISH!


> Shawn Sass wrote:
> >
> >Of course you can use any type face with anything
> > you want but some just work better with certain subjects.
>
> I agree completely!  And the difference between the pros and the amateurs
is
> that the pros have a better sense of what to use for different clients and
> audiences.  There's nothing wrong or amateurish about Comic Sans itself.
For
> several of the sites cited so far, especially those with kids' or circus
> themes, it's quite appropriate.  It's just that when a very casual, "fun"
font
> like Comic Sans is used to advertise a more staid kind of business, it
really
> sticks out as a poor choice, and thus hints at the lack of taste or
experience
> of the designer making the choice.
>
> Liz Fuller

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