Avoiding typeface errors

by | Sep 27, 2009 | Post

I would like to conduct a simple test. Pick a typeface that is appealing to me for some reason that I cannot articulate, examine its usability (legibility and readability) and its personality (if the typeface is a person, what would he or she be like?) to find out the...

Mini-anatomy of Taiwan Mcdonald website

by | Sep 26, 2009 | Post

Let’s take a look at the local Mcdonald website: Taiwan.http://www.mcdonalds.com.tw/Here I find two trends that are commonly seen in Taiwanese websites: emphasizing visual appearance and pushing “About us” to the frontline. Asian trend, maybe.They...

Bold, Italic, and Underline

by | Sep 26, 2009 | Post

Probably these are how I use text variations.Bold: Pay attention!Italic: Look, I am different.Underline: Click me. (imagine there is an underline 😉

Death of a fontman

by | Sep 26, 2009 | Post

What I recently started noticing is the slow death of serif fonts in our life as writers. Actually, “writing” now means “typing” using the keyboard. The major tools for typing nowadays are:Web (forums like this, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)EmailMS...