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[pete]

Verdana or death

 

[CitySickness]

Non type nerds, look away now...

*deep breath* Helvetica wasn't designed for screen use, it's got piss-all personality as a body font and most importantly of all, not every user will have it installed.

Georgia on the other hand is supremely legible at 12px while still hanging on to a bit of character, was designed with screen use in mind, and everyone's got it.

I don't buy the sans=modern thing either, and not just because I'm an argumentative twat (although that is true) - there's nothing intrinsically old-fashioned about serifs.

 

[avernus]

Verdana or death

yeah verdana is alright.

 

[CitySickness]

Verdana bores the cock off me.

 

[Johnnyc]

Any time the letter X is used, it should be in bold, because then it looks like it's from the future.

 

[CitySickness]

And while I'm at it, a nearly-black of #333333 type on white is your best bet if you want people to actually read the thing.

 

[CitySickness]

Any time the letter X is used, it should be in bold, because then it looks like it's from the future.

Also tripled, as in "sexxx pest"

 

[avernus]

Non type nerds, look away now...

*deep breath* Helvetica wasn't designed for screen use, it's got piss-all personality as a body font and most importantly of all, not every user will have it installed.

Georgia on the other hand is supremely legible at 12px while still hanging on to a bit of character, was designed with screen use in mind, and everyone's got it.

I don't buy the sans=modern thing either, and not just because I'm an argumentative twat (although that is true) - there's nothing intrinsically old-fashioned about serifs.

careful now, you're entering 'extremely incorrect' territory.

ah no. it's more a preference thing. I like sans serif for body. you're right about Helvetica not being for screen - but Verdana is. I don't like Georgia much. It's practically Times New Roman or Garamond. It has a place, but I wouldn't use it for this.

 

[Johnnyc]

Also tripled, as in "sexxx pest"

We are gonna be rich.

 

[pete]

Heresy

 

[CitySickness]

careful now, you're entering 'extremely incorrect' territory.

It's where I spend most of my time these days, but I do have a holiday home in Ballyflawless.

ah no. it's more a preference thing. I like sans serif for body. you're right about Helvetica not being for screen - but Verdana is. I don't like Georgia much. It's practically Times New Roman or Garamond. It has a place, but I wouldn't use it for this.

Georgia's far from my favourite font, but it's the best of a bad lot when it comes to web-safe type. I'd also maintain that it's a very different beast from TNR or Garamond, but that's a discussion for another day with a smaller hangover. Go on with your Verdana, but don't be surprised if you wake up dead from FontAIDS.

 

[avernus]

don't be surprised if you wake up dead from FontAIDS.

haha I don't think any of us wouldn't be surprised with that. We could always use a nice font for titles etc. as a gif or something - maybe something like DIN? It's nice and blocky. Great uppercase and lowercase too.

 

[CitySickness]

I'm rocking Gotham Rounded a lot at the moment, it's a fucking ace font but I don't think it's really suitable for this yoke. Just spotted Erik Spiekermann's new FF Mt is now available for free download:
http://fontfont.com/downloads/

 

[avernus]

I'm rocking Gotham Rounded a lot at the moment, it's a fucking ace font but I don't think it's really suitable for this yoke. Just spotted Erik Spiekermann's new FF Mt is now available for free download:
http://fontfont.com/downloads/

Spiekerman rocks

 

[avernus]

I don't have Gotham Rounded. Looks tasty. Nicer than Helvetica Rounded or Arial Rounded.

 

[pete]

alright ladies - johnny thrillho sent me the theme so i've uploaded it as per his instructions. i've never used wordpress before so it's all new to me.

http://www.dhtp.org/

 

[Johnnyc]

Cool. I'll adjust the banner in time to make it fit better.

Is it possible to give us access to the site so the lads can play with the fonts and colours and we can all agree on a look? "All agree" on something....hahahaha....?

 

[pete]

Cool. I'll adjust the banner in time to make it fit better.

Is it possible to give us access to the site so the lads can play with the fonts and colours and we can all agree on a look? "All agree" on something....hahahaha....?

sure

http://www.dhtp.org/wp-admin

username is dhtpadmin
password is h4teth3g4me

 

[Stan Bowles]

Looks great. Now I don't want to open up old wounds, but have we decided on that name/domain then?

 

[pete]

i say don't think about it for now. worry about the content first.

but then i would, wouldn't it?