35. Too few fonts?
“During the Italian renaissance the
typographer had one font to work with,
and yet this period produced some of the
most beautiful typographical work.”
—Oliver Reichenstein
36. “Information design is not about the use of
good typefaces, it is about the use of good
typography ... Anyone can use typefaces,
some can choose good typefaces, but only
few master typography.”
—Oliver Reichenstein
75. microformats are ...
- Confusing
- A waste of time
- Something geeks do with a lot of time on
their hands
76. “Designed for humans first and
machines second, microformats are a
set of simple, open data formats built
upon existing and widely adopted
standards. Instead of throwing away
what works today, microformats intend
to solve simpler problems first by
adapting to current behaviors and
usage patterns (e.g. XHTML, blogging).”
– http://microformats.org/about
77. “Cool. I’ll do it that
“Cool. I’ll do it that
way too”
“I'm going to mark way too”
up a contact like
this...” “Cool. I’ll do it that
way too”
“Cool. I’ll do it th
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PEOPLE CSS
108. “Bulletproof”
- Embracing flexibility
- Preparing for worst-case scenarios
- Protecting your designs from “breaking”
- Catch-phrase to sell books and secure
speaking engagements
118. Turn CSS off.
Give your design an x-ray. A quot;10-
second usability testquot; isn't scientific—
but it can help illustrate separation of
structure and presentation.
119.
120.
121.
122. Bump up text size.
Increase text size to see how the design
reacts. Can it adapt to varying
amounts of content?
