<News> Ms. Pacman t-shirt - what's this doing here?

[saint]

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[FrizzleFried]

I'm getting one for the wife!

W00t!

[AMDman13]

Where's the Pics?

[somunny]

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[RandyT]

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If you had elaborated, I'm sure it would have had something to do with power pellets and 20 feet pf garden hose. 

RandyT

[FrizzleFried]

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Perhaps a link to the front page would be in order?  It would drive more folks to check out the front page as well?

http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_main.php

[saint]

Actually that's coming (no pun intended). I have to modify the code to have anchors per news item, which they don't currently have. Will be working on that today I think.

[rubberpoultry]

I mean no offense by this, but if the front page weren't covered in Comic Sans I'd probably visit there more often. As a graphic artist, I can barely stomach it. It's a lighthearted whimsical font that just doesn't fit in most situations. Check out www.bancomicsans.com for some great reading on the intentionality that should be brought to font choices.

That said, I love this forum, and the content off the frontpage has been very helpful. I hope you won't ban me for not liking the font choice on the non-forum parts of the site.

RubberP

[saint]

No offense taken - I've actually struggled with how to come up with a good look and feel and haven't been happy with it for some time. It's apparently not my forte however. Suggestions are welcomed and encouraged!

I mean no offense by this, but if the front pager weren't covered in Comic Sans I'd probably visit there more often. As a graphic artist, I can barely stomach it. It's a lighthearted whimsical font that just doesn't fit in most situations. Check out www.bancomicsans.com for some great reading on the intentionality that should be brought to font choices.

That said, I love this forum, and the content off the frontpage has been very helpful. I hope you won't ban me for not likeing the font choice on the non-forum parts of the site.

RubberP

[FrizzleFried]

I mean no offense by this, but if the front pager weren't covered in Comic Sans I'd probably visit there more often. As a graphic artist, I can barely stomach it. It's a lighthearted whimsical font that just doesn't fit in most situations. Check out www.bancomicsans.com for some great reading on the intentionality that should be brought to font choices.

That said, I love this forum, and the content off the frontpage has been very helpful. I hope you won't ban me for not likeing the font choice on the non-forum parts of the site.

RubberP

Holy poo...those folks have WAY too much time on their hands!   

I too find comic sans annoying,  but evidently not to the point to create a website nor to stick a funky sticker on things and take photographs of it...

...though I agree that it is WAY over used.

[RayB]

Saint, anything is better. Even Arial.

[rubberpoultry]

I wouldn't create a site, or deface comic sans in public spaces either. I just point this out to people who have never considered Comic Sans over/misuse. I'm also an author, and my last book was on design. There's a chapter in there about fonts, and while I was writing the book I discovered ban comic sans. I put it in there as a reference for further reading.

The main thing to consider when choosing fonts is that they (the fonts) sometimes speak in a different voice that are often louder than the syntactical meaning of the typed world. You don't see many mother's day cards that use scratchy gunge fonts. Unless it's a homemade mother's day card created by Charles Manson I guess . They usually have scipty more calligraphic fonts that have a more warm and fuzzy feel to them.

Comic Sans is whimsical and lighthearted visually. If you're doing a comic book, or a children's illustration it makes good sense. Even mother's day might work. But for things that are high tech a harder more angular font makes the most sense. Unfortunately on the web you're limited by the fonts that are preloaded on people's systems (unless you're using flash). I'd stick with Verdana, Tahoma or Trebuchet for the main pages myself.

I come here for the content, but a stronger design could make this awesome place even better. Saint, you've given a lot to the hobby, if I can help at all with design issues, I'd be glad to.

I'm sorry for hijacking your thread. Get back on topic people!

[SINapse]

LMAO 
I never knew that there would be font nazis.
GO INTERWEB

[danny_galaga]

i like comic sans 

[Freeplay]

I quite like "Century Gothic" myself...lol

But I think i'll order a shirt for the missus anyway.

[GadgetGeek]

No offense taken - I've actually struggled with how to come up with a good look and feel and haven't been happy with it for some time. It's apparently not my forte however. Suggestions are welcomed and encouraged!

How about a BYOAC front page design contest?  Works for the tokens.  You could even cough up an autographed copy of your book as first place? (even though everybody here owns a copy)

[tommy]

I hope you won't ban me for not likeing the font choice on the non-forum parts of the site.

RubberP

Ban him. 

We can't have people coming in and expressing their opinions around here and getting away with it.