Comments on: Nice face, shame about the ad http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/ Typomania is incurable but not lethal. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:56:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JUST MY TYPE AND THE BIRTH OF AN OBSESSION « tomcornfoot http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 JUST MY TYPE AND THE BIRTH OF AN OBSESSION « tomcornfoot Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:15:51 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-2994 [...] typeface which, for balance, are very much worth reading and I particularly like his comments on this Nokia ad design featuring his work. Advertisement LD_AddCustomAttr("AdOpt", "1"); LD_AddCustomAttr("Origin", "other"); [...] […] typeface which, for balance, are very much worth reading and I particularly like his comments on this Nokia ad design featuring his work. Advertisement LD_AddCustomAttr(“AdOpt”, “1”); LD_AddCustomAttr(“Origin”, “other”); […]

]]> By: erik http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 erik Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:05:16 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-2609 Not sure what you mean, Harrison. I don’t know how you’re reading these pages, so it might be that your browser doesn’t show the same typefaces that I designed this in or that the type looks smaller or larger than intended. They layout is intended for reading continuous portions of text, and if the type appears too small, you can enlarge it yourself. The way it looks on my screen seems quite suited to this medium and the reading distance. There are some 65 characters per line which should be comfortable to read, and the leading is generous. These comments are smaller, of course, as they are not usually long passages of plain text. Not sure what you mean, Harrison. I don’t know how you’re reading these pages, so it might be that your browser doesn’t show the same typefaces that I designed this in or that the type looks smaller or larger than intended.

They layout is intended for reading continuous portions of text, and if the type appears too small, you can enlarge it yourself. The way it looks on my screen seems quite suited to this medium and the reading distance. There are some 65 characters per line which should be comfortable to read, and the leading is generous. These comments are smaller, of course, as they are not usually long passages of plain text.

]]> By: Harrison Olafson http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-2608 Harrison Olafson Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:28:31 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-2608 I was wondering if you ever thought of changing the layout of your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having 1 or 2 images. Maybe you could space it out better? I was wondering if you ever thought of changing the layout of your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having 1 or 2 images. Maybe you could space it out better?

]]> By: consume http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 consume Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:21:18 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-2365 I disagree, I think this font looks terribly dated to the point where it ruins the actual focal message of the ad. It's cramped and the lack of separation with the red just makes it look that much worse. An apt reflection of Nokia as a company right now when faced with the likes of iOs and android. I disagree, I think this font looks terribly dated to the point where it ruins the actual focal message of the ad. It’s cramped and the lack of separation with the red just makes it look that much worse.

An apt reflection of Nokia as a company right now when faced with the likes of iOs and android.

]]> By: Prof. Dr. h.c. Erik Spiekermann Wins Personality Award At German Design Awards 2011 | The FontFeed http://spiekermann.com/en/nice-face-shame-about-the-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 Prof. Dr. h.c. Erik Spiekermann Wins Personality Award At German Design Awards 2011 | The FontFeed Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:50:28 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=678#comment-1970 [...] Bahn (designed with Christian Schwartz, Gold Medal at the German Federal Design Prize in 2006), Nokia, Bosh,… are used world-wide. This is also emphasized by Johannes Erler, Board Member Factor [...] […] Bahn (designed with Christian Schwartz, Gold Medal at the German Federal Design Prize in 2006), Nokia, Bosh,… are used world-wide. This is also emphasized by Johannes Erler, Board Member Factor […]

]]> 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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