Comments on: Type Exercise: Creative Type Alignment http://www.barrettcreates.com/blog/random-type-alignment-exercise/ Karly Barrett's graphic design thoughts. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:43:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Manuel, Æstheticrew http://www.barrettcreates.com/blog/random-type-alignment-exercise/#comment-373 Manuel, Æstheticrew Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:44:36 +0000 http://www.barrettcreates.com/blog/random-type-alignment-exercise/#comment-373 Karly, i do understand the reason for the challenge you‘re trying to “fight there for yourself” and what’s behind encouraging readers to get a feeling for how alignment can massively change a design. Totally agree with you. I am just one of those weirdos (heh!) who have to refuse certain tasks, just because i know how bad i suck when i have to do something i can’t appreciate aesthetically. Sounds weird to some, but i think clever clients will appreciate it. <em>Manuel, Æstheticrew's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aestheticrew/~3/264492304/' rel="nofollow">Creativity, strangled by Law</a></em> Karly,
i do understand the reason for the challenge you‘re trying to “fight there for yourself” and what’s behind encouraging readers to get a feeling for how alignment can massively change a design. Totally agree with you.

I am just one of those weirdos (heh!) who have to refuse
certain tasks, just because i know how bad i suck when i have to do something i can’t appreciate aesthetically. Sounds weird to some, but i think clever clients will appreciate it.

Manuel, Æstheticrew’s last blog post..Creativity, strangled by Law

]]> By: Karly Barrett http://www.barrettcreates.com/blog/random-type-alignment-exercise/#comment-372 Karly Barrett Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:30:15 +0000 http://www.barrettcreates.com/blog/random-type-alignment-exercise/#comment-372 Manuel, I can understand why you want to skip it. I thought about skipping it too, but I also want to try exercises that encourage me to do things I wouldn't normally do. I feel it can teach me a lot. That is part of the reason I chose Bodoni for my layout. I wouldn't normally select it for a project and I wanted to experiment more with it to see if it had anything to offer me. Though I am still hesitant about using it for body text, I can see that it offers a personality that could be useful to me. I also learned that random alignment is incredibly hard, but I can see myself using it sometime for a long title and subtitle on an opening spread in one of the magazines I design. I also want to encourage readers to understand how a simple things such as alignment can change the feel of a design for use on future exercises I have planned. I hope others decide to take on this challenge. It isn't an easy one or, at least, it wasn't easy for me. Manuel,

I can understand why you want to skip it. I thought about skipping it too, but I also want to try exercises that encourage me to do things I wouldn’t normally do. I feel it can teach me a lot. That is part of the reason I chose Bodoni for my layout. I wouldn’t normally select it for a project and I wanted to experiment more with it to see if it had anything to offer me. Though I am still hesitant about using it for body text, I can see that it offers a personality that could be useful to me. I also learned that random alignment is incredibly hard, but I can see myself using it sometime for a long title and subtitle on an opening spread in one of the magazines I design.

I also want to encourage readers to understand how a simple things such as alignment can change the feel of a design for use on future exercises I have planned. I hope others decide to take on this challenge. It isn’t an easy one or, at least, it wasn’t easy for me.

]]> By: Manuel, Æstheticrew http://www.barrettcreates.com/blog/random-type-alignment-exercise/#comment-371 Manuel, Æstheticrew Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:55:44 +0000 http://www.barrettcreates.com/blog/random-type-alignment-exercise/#comment-371 Oh noe, i was in such happy anticipation and you start with the one i wanted to skip. Sorry, nothing personal, but random alignment on a white background? There are things that make more sense to me. But that is just me ;) I get from your example/submission, that it could look good though (well, i still don’t appreciate Bodoni), but since i don’t like this “concept”, i will leave this one to the one’s who do. No offence Karly, i am rocking back and forth here waiting for your next post ;) <em>Manuel, Æstheticrew's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aestheticrew/~3/264492304/' rel="nofollow">Creativity, strangled by Law</a></em> Oh noe, i was in such happy anticipation and you start with the one i wanted to skip. Sorry, nothing personal, but random alignment on a white background? There are things that make more sense to me. But that is just me ;)

I get from your example/submission, that it could look good though (well, i still don’t appreciate Bodoni), but since i don’t like this “concept”, i will leave this one to the one’s who do.

No offence Karly, i am rocking back and forth here waiting for your next post ;)
Manuel, Æstheticrew’s last blog post..Creativity, strangled by Law

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