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Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans
Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans: 365 Graphic Design Sins and Virtues: A Designer's Almanac of Dos and Don'ts | Tony Seddon, Sean Adams, John Foster, Peter Dawson
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Ask any graphic designer the world over about their preferred approach to setting type, choosing a color, or beginning a new layout, and you will rarely get exactly the same answer twice. All designers have their own way of working and their own combinations of the thousands of techniques one can apply when planning a new design project. But there are some dos and don'ts that always figure in any heated debate about what one should or should not accept as the right way to create the best graphic design. This book looks at key dos and don'ts, bringing them together in the form of a classically structured almanac. Packed with practical advice, but presented in a light-hearted fashion, the advisory rather than dictative approach means designers can take or leave the advice presented in each rule as is typical of most creatives with their own strong views on what does and does not constitute good design practice. Individual entries will either bring forth knowing nods of agreement or hoots of derision, depending on whether or not the reader loves or hates hyphenation, has a pathological fear of beige, or thinks that baseline grids are boring. Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans is the must-have collection of the best advice that any graphic designer should have at his fingertips, with each entry combining a specific rule with a commentary from a variety of experienced designers from all fields of the graphic design industry. Grouped into six, color-coded categories—typography, color, layout, imagery, production, and the practice of design—but presented numerically and in mixed groups, the reader can either dip in at random or use the book as the source of a daily lesson in how to produce great graphic design. This product is available to U.S. and Canada customers only.
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DebinHawaii
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#90sinJuly #GoodRiddance Not book related but whenever I hear today's song pick I laugh & think of a training colleague who for whatever reason created a PowerPoint presentation for a business review that was all in comic sans font & set to this song. His quarterly numbers, tables, graphs & achievements were not taken very seriously & his boss pulled me aside & asked if I thought the song choice meant he was feeling bitter🤔🤣#careerlimitingmove

rubyslippersreads 😂😂😂 7y
Cinfhen Hahaha 7y
Cinfhen Can't fault the guy...it's an awesome song😎 7y
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DebinHawaii @Cinfhen True! But sometimes it's all about the context. (Personally I think the Comic Sans was the real crime!) 🤣🤣🤣 7y
Robothugs Hahaha this is hilarious 🙊 7y
Cinfhen True! 7y
britt_brooke 😆 7y
mrozzz Ahhhh it's the worst!! A joke in art school was "every time someone uses Comic Sans, a graphic designer loses their wings" 7y
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Title of a book as the title of my life! As a graphic designer, this is every day. Don't use Curlz MT for body copy. Don't stretch the logo. I WILL GIVE YOU MY FIRSTBORN CHILD IF YOU WOULD ONLY FOLLOW THE STYLE GUIDE. #24in48 #readathon

BarbaraTheBibliophage Thou shalt not use Hobo! Another pet peeve font. 8y
BookFreakOut @BarbaraTheBibliophage Yes, that's another one that should be stricken from all documents! Begone, foul font! 8y
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