f*cking book designers |
 Jun 2 2010, 10:53 AM
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Started reading Chuck Klosterman's Chuck Klosterman IV today. Great book, except the typesetting is a f*cking trainwreck. The typography style alternates every chapter, and both styles, in an attempt to be "hip" and "cool" or whatever, are atrocious. The first style is a small, bold serif font; the second, a thin, light, sans-serif typeface. What. The. f*ck. I don't want to read bold text for a whole chapter, nor do I want to read light sans-serif text for a whole chapter. Who designed this f*cking book? It reminds me of Naomi Klein's No Logo, which is typeset in a sans-serif font for the entire f*cking tome. Listen, book designers, go to school and learn this basic fact: sans-serif for headers, serif fonts for body text. It's that simple.
I'm going to keep reading IV because Klosterman is witty and insightful, but his publisher needs to fire its book designer, stat. |
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Jun 2 2010, 11:06 AM
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I wish I got paid to read Chuck Klosterman.
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Jun 2 2010, 11:08 AM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 2 2010, 12:06 PM)  I wish I got paid to read Chuck Klosterman. Hm, I think I've heard of him, but I don't know anything about his works, and now your topic makes me not want to read them. :x Is this one an autobiography? |
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mipadi f*cking book designers Jun 2 2010, 10:53 AM
tokyo-rose Oh man, is this the original published version or ... Jun 2 2010, 10:56 AM mipadi They're both original editions. Jun 2 2010, 10:58 AM
tokyo-rose QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 2 2010, 11:58 AM) They... Jun 2 2010, 11:01 AM mipadi No, although his writing contains personal anecdot... Jun 2 2010, 11:26 AM tokyo-rose QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 2 2010, 12:26 PM) No, ... Jun 2 2010, 11:30 AM |
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