And I encourage strongly anyone involved with digital production of any kind to read Joe Clark's article. To those who haven't yet discovered or understood, by the year 2007 of this modern age, that aesthetics is a cardinal function of logic, it can give something that is still cruelly missing or underestimated amongst the digital indigens, a good insight.
In the paragraph "Beauty vs. legibility" Joe Clark has some very inspired lines. Domenico --- In [email protected], "Domenico Strazzullo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Jonathan, > > No, I haven't met Joe Clark, but I like him. What he writes confirms > the very first impressions I had: one, they used very low quality jpg > to show the font in the web page (wow!); two, I was immediately > shocked by the cap B for some reason, and by the weight/letting > ratio. All in all those people didn't know what they were doing, > under a "scientific" cover. Joe Clark is absolutely right in his > heavy criticism. > > Cheers, > > Domenico > > > --- In [email protected], "~:'' ãããã¨ãã"ã > ãã¾ããã" <j.chetwynd@> wrote: > > > > Domenico, > > > > you'll easily find out the RNIB chief officer commissioned or > > developed the Tiresias as a screen font for people with poor > vision. > > however Joe Clark, whom you may have met has this to say: > > http://screenfont.ca/fonts/today/Tiresias/debunk/ > > > > cheers > > > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet > > > > > > > > On 5 Dec 2007, at 20:56, Domenico Strazzullo wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "~:'' ãÂâã > > âŠãÂÅ'ã¨ãÂâ ãÂ"ãÂâ" > > ãÂâã¾ãÂâ"ãŸãâ¬â" <j.chetwynd@> wrote: > > > > > > Domenico, > > > > > > It seems that the Tiresias font has recently been released GNU > > > General Public License > > > wonder if this was of interest for SVG. > > > > > > they were developed to be legible I believe > > > > which is what you would expect from a font:) I'll take a look. > > > > Domenico > > > > > > > > regards > > > > > > Jonathan Chetwynd > > > Accessibility Consultant on Media Literacy and the Internet > > > > > > http://www.tiresias.org/fonts/fonts_download.htm > > > > > > ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
