On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 14:54, Stas Bekman wrote:
i do have a few other 'pixel' fonts that i can try. as for the case, i went with all caps because the lowercase letters get really hard to read when they get that small.
that's probably the only way to go. But may be there is some better (slicker?) font, which reads better when the size is very small?
i'll take a whack at a few variations when i get home tonight and i'll
put them up for a quick review before i go through the process of exporting all of them again.
cool!
ok, i've put a bunch of buttons with different "mini-fonts" up for review. there's four different pixel (aliased) fonts in various sizes as well as a few examples of antialiased fonts. personally i think the antialiased fonts don't work at such a small size, but i thought i'd give it a shot anyways.
http://inteo.com/mike/mod_perl/
(note: the alignment of the font within the button may be a bit off, i was just concerned with getting the new fonts in for review. i'll make sure the final revision is better formatted.)
these are all of the mini fonts that i have, but i'd be willing to try others if you know of any more. also, i wasn't able to drop the case as none of the pixel fonts i used even had a lowercase available!
otherwise, let me know if you prefer any of the ones i've posted and i'll do a final batch of them over the weekend and post them on monday (along with the realignment of the main logo file).
Thanks Mike!
There are three issues that I can see:
1) the string looks balanced (which aliased fonts solve the best), but most of your other samples look surprisingly balanced too!
2) the color/size match. I believe that 'powered by' shouldn't overpower "mod_perl". non of the grey shades overpowers the 'perl' part, so it's only to decide what the ballance should be between the 'mod_' part and the 'powered by' text. The 'mod_' part is already bolder than the text, so it already stands out. So I think to me button-tahoma_aliased-66.gif appeals the best for this issue.
3) the font match. I'm not sure if it's the best to use the same font for all text strings. But if you agree with me then button-standard-2.gif looks like the best choice, as aliased samples use sharp curves, which are very different from the 'mod_perl' curves. Of course that doesn't mean that they should much. I'm just trying to analyze the criteria for doing the right choice.
Do you think along the same lines, or do you just try to pick what your eyes like the best for the moment? While choosing remember that when each of these logos is placed into a different context, it'll look a bit different. So what looks slick now, may look quite not slick when put next to different other fonts and images.
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