Posted by Chaddy2222 on 08/01/07 16:04

On Aug 1, 8:59 pm, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@tobyinkster.co.uk>
wrote:
> Chaddy2222 wrote:
> > Although people do seam to be having some kind of obsetion with really
> > small text on the main pages of site, WTF is with that.
>
> Small text looks nice.
>
> It comes from breakfast meetings where the deezyners and client's
> marketing department sit around a white coffee table looking at mock-ups
> of the site on an enormous plasma screen in a minimalist office, sipping
> on cafe lattes and mint tea.
>
> The text on the mockups just reads "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." so
> nobody is particularly *interested* in reading it. This is why nobody
> notices that they *can't* read it -- it's too small, too low contrast,
> or, more usually, both.
>
> Gavin pops his hand up (there's usually a Gavin at these meetings) and
> says, "can we make the text a bit of a lighter shade of grey, so that
> we can see the logo watermark in the background better?" Everyone nods
> in agreement and takes another sip of their latte before nibbling on a
> croissant.
ROTFLLMAO....... That was yet another good observation!.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.awardspace.biz

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