Taking another look, I see that Healing and Vibrations are not centered in respect to each other. There's an extra space in there that threw it off. Luckily, I have time to fix it. Paul
On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Hi Bruce, > Thanks. > I'll take a look at a different alignment, although I think that ship has > already sailed. As presented, "Healing" and "Vibrations" are centered in > respect to each other, while Paul's name is flush right with vibrations. We > were looking for something that felt casual, as exemplified by the Chalkboard > font. In respect to size, I printed a sample, and it seems to work well. Paul > Miles is very low key and wants his name to appear relatively small. I think > the CD will be sold only by mail order and at appearances, so size and > placement, as they relate to store racking, aren't critical. > On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> I really like this photo for the CD cover too. >> >> On the text, I'm not a graphics design authority but one issue bothers me: >> the text is collectively neither right-aligned nor left-aligned, nor >> centered. "Vibrations" and "Paul Miles" are right-aligned with each other, >> but "Healing" floats above in a visually random position. The simplest fix >> I think would be to slide Healing over to right-align it too. I have no >> problem with where you positioned it. I do think it may end up too small to >> easily read on a CD cover. >> >> The other quibble that maybe bugs Darren is the face you used. It looks a >> lot like a clone of Comic Sans Bold, which is one of the most reviled >> typefaces in history. >> >> http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/2008/12/why-exactly-designers-hate-comic-sans/ >> >> But honestly, I think it works here since you are setting a friendly, >> informal tone, which I assume mirrors the music inside. >> >> -bmw >> >> >> On 11-09-14 4:55 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Thanks Darren. >>> Where would you have placed the type? I purposely left room for it in the >>> grass, where there is minimal detail. It also balances the bright flowers >>> in the other corner, IMO. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> On Sep 14, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>> >>>> Nice photo! (However, whoever chose the font and lettering >>>> placement/alignment should be taken out and shot... and I don't mean >>>> with a camera.) >>>> >>>> Darren Addy >>>> Kearney, Nebraska >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
