We have a million fonts, a million colors, and a million piles of shit leaving our fingers all day long. It’s just sad to me, because when you look at this [vintage ephemera], it’s just about communication. One font and a thing called hierarchy.
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We have a million fonts, a million colors, and a million piles of shit leaving our fingers all day long. It’s just sad to me, because when you look at this [vintage ephemera], it’s just about communication. One font and a thing called hierarchy.
Jenny
on 13 Sep 12Too bad this quote uses the term “font” incorrectly. He should have said “typeface”.
Steve VanHove
on 13 Sep 12I am not sure about the availability of a million fonts/typefaces but I am pretty sure there are 16.5 million colors that the human eye can distinguish.
Craig
on 13 Sep 12@Steve VanHove,
Why be “pretty sure” when you can just look it up and discover you’re wrong?
Valentin Laube
on 13 Sep 12Lets post some facts while we are yelling at each other, okay? http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2006/JenniferLeong.shtml
Christian Huund
on 19 Sep 12How about this for a start? Take a look beyond calling things “shit” (in your talk) and name the real quality (good or bad) of the things you talk about.
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