Comments on: Please don’t make me read a hand-written book http://www.eye-for-image.com/blog/please-dont-make-me-read-a-hand-written-book/ THE blog for copywriters and communicators Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:55:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dan Elloway http://www.eye-for-image.com/blog/please-dont-make-me-read-a-hand-written-book/#comment-51 Dan Elloway Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:43:10 +0000 http://ready6.dev.visionteam.dk/blog/?p=49#comment-51 So, here's another one. The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones looks at what makes Italy tick (or not tick, as the case may be). It's a great book...almost. Unfortunately, large parts of some chapters are written in italics. And worse than that...as far as I could tell, there's NO REASON for the italics whatsoever. They aren't even letters from Brick Lane. They are just there, looking blurry on the page. It drove me nuts. So, here’s another one. The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones looks at what makes Italy tick (or not tick, as the case may be). It’s a great book…almost. Unfortunately, large parts of some chapters are written in italics. And worse than that…as far as I could tell, there’s NO REASON for the italics whatsoever. They aren’t even letters from Brick Lane. They are just there, looking blurry on the page. It drove me nuts.

]]> By: Anastasya Partan http://www.eye-for-image.com/blog/please-dont-make-me-read-a-hand-written-book/#comment-50 Anastasya Partan Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:59:55 +0000 http://ready6.dev.visionteam.dk/blog/?p=49#comment-50 I would have done the same! An author has to take him/herself seriously - and Mattel-like fonts just don't do the trick. Perhaps we should hold a course on "matching your font to your message"... I would have done the same! An author has to take him/herself seriously - and Mattel-like fonts just don’t do the trick.

Perhaps we should hold a course on “matching your font to your message”…

]]> By: Jean http://www.eye-for-image.com/blog/please-dont-make-me-read-a-hand-written-book/#comment-52 Jean Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:33:08 +0000 http://ready6.dev.visionteam.dk/blog/?p=49#comment-52 Absolutely - there are few things I like less than a book which is printed in what I would describe as a 'stupid font'. I used to work in publishing and I confess that when I received manuscript submissions that were printed in an unreadable format - or, heaven forbid, handwritten - they were quickly filed in my recycling bin. I would have thrown out WAR AND PEACE if it was typed in Comic Sans... Absolutely - there are few things I like less than a book which is printed in what I would describe as a ’stupid font’. I used to work in publishing and I confess that when I received manuscript submissions that were printed in an unreadable format - or, heaven forbid, handwritten - they were quickly filed in my recycling bin. I would have thrown out WAR AND PEACE if it was typed in Comic Sans…

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