Shiny
Playing around with fonts and such:
shiny gray
green and red solid
green shiny
shiny gray
green and red solid
green shiny
posted by Moni at 1:45 AM
Thursday, May 25, 2006
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2 Comments:
I think Futura is a good choice; it's distinct and legible without being passé or blasé (though aren't the points on the capital 'N' annoying? The entire typeface has little things like that that annoy me. Also, it's pretty identifiable after seeing it a few times and very much a fixture of Macintosh graphic design. I think the lower cased letters are much more interesting.)
A sans serif font conveys the simplicity with which we'd like to imbue our interface. It's approachable and not prone to the visual overzealousness of some seriffed fonts. Lower-cased letters are easier to read and less abusive to users. Friendly; approachable; pristine.
But pristinity is a two-edged knife--users are expected to dirty up their workspaces with the minutiae of their workflow. Glossy things aren't meant to be dirtied; witness precious iPods in their cases, like so many sick boys in airtight bubbles! Like marble counters in my tool shed! I think matte styling is more implicative of intent, though that's not to say I haven't seen glossy interfaces for applications like this. And, anyways, if anyone can pull it off it'll be you.
Also (and Wikipedia reminded me of this), Futura is designed around strict application of geometric shapes; circular curves and only a small variety of angled lines. Simple component parts comes new meaning through formed characters: the pieces of information users capture also lead to emerging meaning. I think that's cool.
Also, Century Gothic is a likewise geometric font. What do you think about it? I think it might be too skinny but from a noncontextual position I like its composition more.
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