Comments on: A Typography Example http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example grep understanding Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ncloud http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example/comment-page-1#comment-134960 ncloud Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:28:41 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example#comment-134960 <p>I work with a designer who refuses to learn PHP or Javascript -- which are two languages that my company uses extensively on our projects. This makes any UI design difficult because all he wants to do is go on and on about typography, color, CSS, etc. (which are all awesome, don't get me wrong), but he won't soil his hands with even the basic programming skills necessary to make his UIs <em>work</em>. His background is print, so I can understand why he would be adverse to learning some basic programming, but are professional designers typically like this?</p> I work with a designer who refuses to learn PHP or Javascript — which are two languages that my company uses extensively on our projects. This makes any UI design difficult because all he wants to do is go on and on about typography, color, CSS, etc. (which are all awesome, don’t get me wrong), but he won’t soil his hands with even the basic programming skills necessary to make his UIs work. His background is print, so I can understand why he would be adverse to learning some basic programming, but are professional designers typically like this?

]]> By: ncloud http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example/comment-page-1#comment-251434 ncloud Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:28:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example#comment-251434 <p>I work with a designer who refuses to learn PHP or Javascript -- which are two languages that my company uses extensively on our projects. This makes any UI design difficult because all he wants to do is go on and on about typography, color, CSS, etc. (which are all awesome, don't get me wrong), but he won't soil his hands with even the basic programming skills necessary to make his UIs <em>work</em>. His background is print, so I can understand why he would be adverse to learning some basic programming, but are professional designers typically like this?</p> I work with a designer who refuses to learn PHP or Javascript — which are two languages that my company uses extensively on our projects. This makes any UI design difficult because all he wants to do is go on and on about typography, color, CSS, etc. (which are all awesome, don’t get me wrong), but he won’t soil his hands with even the basic programming skills necessary to make his UIs work. His background is print, so I can understand why he would be adverse to learning some basic programming, but are professional designers typically like this?

]]> By: Jason Sares http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example/comment-page-1#comment-134878 Jason Sares Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:38:03 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example#comment-134878 <p>He stole the design from John Gruber who does it better:</p> <p>http://daringfireball.net/</p> He stole the design from John Gruber who does it better:

http://daringfireball.net/

]]> By: Jason Sares http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example/comment-page-1#comment-251433 Jason Sares Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:38:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example#comment-251433 <p>He stole the design from John Gruber who does it better:</p> <p>http://daringfireball.net/</p> He stole the design from John Gruber who does it better:

http://daringfireball.net/

]]> By: Bill Mill http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example/comment-page-1#comment-134826 Bill Mill Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:28:38 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example#comment-134826 <p>The contrast is way too low, I find that text very difficult to read.</p> The contrast is way too low, I find that text very difficult to read.

]]> By: Anonymous http://danielmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example/comment-page-1#comment-251432 Anonymous Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:28:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/blog/a-typography-example#comment-251432 <p>The contrast is way too low, I find that text very difficult to read.</p> The contrast is way too low, I find that text very difficult to read.

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