35. Too few fonts?
âDuring the Italian renaissance the
typographer had one font to work with,
and yet this period produced some of the
most beautiful typographical work.â
âOliver Reichenstein
36. âInformation 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.â
âOliver Reichenstein
75. microformats are ...
- Confusing
- A waste of time
- Something geeks do with a lot of time on
their hands
76. âDesigned 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).â
â http://microformats.org/about
77. âCool. Iâll do it that
âCool. Iâll do it that
way tooâ
âI'm going to mark way tooâ
up a contact like
this...â âCool. Iâll do it that
way tooâ
âCool. Iâll do it th
way tooâ
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PEOPLE CSS
108. âBulletproofâ
- Embracing flexibility
- Preparing for worst-case scenarios
- Protecting your designs from âbreakingâ
- 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 scientificâ
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?