Comments on: Nice face, shame about the ad http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/ Typomania is incurable but not lethal. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:04:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tom http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-469 tom Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:20:16 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-469 hey erik tht was rather mean there i think his advert is quality brother hey erik
tht was rather mean there
i think his advert is quality brother

]]> By: Johan http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Johan Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:37:03 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-432 I like Nokia Sans, but I also think it's a damn shame that Nokia doesn't provide any other fonts on their phones. I like Nokia Sans, but I also think it’s a damn shame that Nokia doesn’t provide any other fonts on their phones.

]]> By: erik http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-415 erik Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:19:10 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-415 That’s not poor kerning, but the unfortunate effect of having an i with a serif while spacing the headline too tightly. There was an alternative i in my fonts for Nokia, but that would lose some of the characteristics of the face. Careful kerning and tracking should be applied to a headline in an ad like this, but what I really meant was that the whole concept with those screaming call-outs looks cheap and more like an ad for a “new, improved” athlete’s foot cream. That’s not poor kerning, but the unfortunate effect of having an i with a serif while spacing the headline too tightly. There was an alternative i in my fonts for Nokia, but that would lose some of the characteristics of the face.

Careful kerning and tracking should be applied to a headline in an ad like this, but what I really meant was that the whole concept with those screaming call-outs looks cheap and more like an ad for a “new, improved” athlete’s foot cream.

]]> By: We Make Art http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-414 We Make Art Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:07:53 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-414 Yep a lovely font. Surprised that no one has mentioned the very poor kerning between the r and i in 'private' as well as the t and the i in 'automatisch' or is that what you meant by "shame about the ad" ? Yep a lovely font. Surprised that no one has mentioned the very poor kerning between the r and i in ‘private’ as well as the t and the i in ‘automatisch’ or is that what you meant by “shame about the ad” ?

]]> By: James Edmondson http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-398 James Edmondson Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:36:02 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-398 I agree, it still looks very fresh. If you told me that you designed in in 2008, I certainly would have believed it. I agree, it still looks very fresh. If you told me that you designed in in 2008, I certainly would have believed it.

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