[Framers] Question about differentiating heading levels

Steve Rickaby srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk
Tue Jan 24 01:32:47 PST 2017


Yes, this is true: there is a lot of stuff around these days that emphasizes style over content. That's why I used the word 'suitable', although I should maybe have made the point clearer.

At 20:01 +1100 24/1/17, Michael Lewis wrote:

>Trouble with many commercial designs is that "design" outweighs communication. So many graphic designers focus on "what looks nice" rather than "what works to promote the purpose of the document". Granted, that's at best a failure in the training of such designers, but it does constitute a warning that "best practise" isn't always "best practise".
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>- Michael Lewis
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>On 2017-01-24 19:38, Steve Rickaby wrote:
>>... For those of us who aren't (such as me), I've often found it useful to look for suitable commercial designs and then emulate them. I don't mean copy, but extract the underlying principles. Your eye will tell you what looks right and what look weird.
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-- 
Steve


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