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I finally took that advice about cutting out the fancy fonts
A few months ago at a zine swap in Portland, this older guy picked up my little art zine and flipped through it. He pointed at the title page and said "this font is fighting with your drawings, not helping them." I was using some decorative script thing I thought looked cool. He was right though. I switched to a plain bold sans serif for the next issue and suddenly the drawings popped way more. Has anyone else had a stranger's random comment actually improve your whole layout approach?
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brian30312d ago
Oh man, nothing stings more than being right after you were mad about it lol.
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milabaker12d ago
Exactly this happened to me last year. Someone at a comic store told me my font was "yelling at my cover." Made me so mad at first. But I went home and changed it to a simple bold sans serif too. Night and day difference. Now I keep fonts super plain unless the art specifically needs the decoration. Good rule I learned: if you notice the font before the art, it's wrong.
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