Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-17 Thread Jeff Seager
Well, I'm going to assume you're not flame-baiting. That doesn't mean my own opinion won't generate a little heat. I think the idea has some very small degree of merit, in the same way any visual imagery has merit as a design element. But overall it is crap, and a vestige of print designers'

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-17 Thread matthew holloway
Jeff, i am confused... you say overall its crap because its a vestige from print design but then say good web design shares its sensibilities with good print design. Frankly from my POV, which I know has no merit to this community, if it works it works. If you don't like, then you should just

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-17 Thread David Cortright
One need not use an image for alternate font text. SIFR is a great solution for this. http://wiki.novemberborn.net/sifr3 Here's an example of SIFR in use with a handwriting font. http://www.sspl.org/ Welcome to the Interaction

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-17 Thread Jeff Seager
Web design and print design share *some* characteristics, Matthew. I also share some characteristics with a mountain gorilla, but I'm not a mountain gorilla. In a similar way, the Web is an evolutionary cousin of print and other media. Many fundamental design principles do carry over to web

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-17 Thread Scott McDaniel
man what On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Jeff Seager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Web design and print design share *some* characteristics, Matthew. I also share some characteristics with a mountain gorilla, but I'm not a mountain gorilla. In a similar way, the Web is an evolutionary cousin of

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-17 Thread Kontra
If it's standards-compliant and semantically structured AND attractive and functional, it works. MySpace. Can 117 million people be wrong? -- Kontra http://counternotions.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)!

[IxDA Discuss] Hand Writing in Web Design

2008-05-16 Thread Harvinder
There was recently an article in a magazine and I am not sure which one was it out of Inc, Entrepreneur or Fast Company where they were talking about increasing role of hand written design. Has anybody read that? What do you guys think of hand written design as a part of web design. Are there any