Tuesday, January 02, 2007
For Design Geeks
Sans. Coated. Grey. Nano. InDesign. Photograph. Justified. No. Deboss. CMYK. Of course, all that goes out the window when I’m working in Quark on files that a client sent for a job that cries out for a bold serif embossed on a gray, uncoated stock with an aggressive tooth backed up by an evocative illustration and a rag right text block placed just so on a playfully asymmetric layout.
And, for the record: Beatles (although I like Elvis), Mary Ann (Ginger was a bimbo), The Who (because the Rolling Stones are the ugliest band ever), and soda (because pop is too old-fashioned).
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Sans for headers; serif for body.
Flat coated
Grey
No
InDesign
Illo, but only if budget isn’t an issue and I get to pick the artist.
Ragged
No
Deboss
CMYK
TW: Yes, this is heavy, man.
Oh my dog, I thought I was a dork.
"Oh my dog, I thought I was a dork.”
You clicked through to the comments and then commented on a blog post titled, “For Design Geeks”; I have to say that’s dispositive. Your use of the past tense indicates deep-seated self delusion.
You might want to look into that.
8-)
What? Who? What’s the difference? Slow down. Quark—he was the funniest character on DS9. Where did you get that? Blackmail is never justified. What, you want me to blackmail you? You’re not deboss of me. USMC.
What do I win?
Time for a blogger party, but you cannot pay for anyone’s drink but your own (which could set you back a little right there).
Jesus, I’m going to have to go do a post on BGP and MPLS just to torture you back.
Oh, and your music analogies are all effed up. It’s Elvis or Jerry Lee, and the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, and the Who or the Kinks. Unless that was some design dork talk, too.
Actually, the Beatles / Elvis thing came from Pulp Fiction and I don’t remember where the Rolling Stones / Who part came from--probably a drunken party conversation given my habits.
Sans, uncoated, grey, Nano, InDesign, illustration, justified, asymmetry, emboss, RGB.
In short, a SCORPIO!