This letter that we received for the monthly magazine that I lay out made me laugh. I just wanted to get feedback from my friends that are designers...
Portion from actual letter:
I am color blind in the orange/red part of the spectrum. As a result, I couldn’t read several pages of the August 2008 issue. Are you trying to make ID hard to read?
By the way, the highest contrast is not black on white, but black on yellow. And it would be nice if the body type was one size larger.
I think people who do magazine layouts forget that design should make the publication easy to read. It’s not to show off how creative they are.
So what do you guys think... is black on yellow the best form of contrast? Hah. I think the best part is comment that magazines are not to show off how creative you are... they are solely for the purpose of reading... I will have to remember that the next time I flip through a magazine and choose to read articles based on how well the images work together and grab my attention.
Portion from actual letter:
I am color blind in the orange/red part of the spectrum. As a result, I couldn’t read several pages of the August 2008 issue. Are you trying to make ID hard to read?
By the way, the highest contrast is not black on white, but black on yellow. And it would be nice if the body type was one size larger.
I think people who do magazine layouts forget that design should make the publication easy to read. It’s not to show off how creative they are.
So what do you guys think... is black on yellow the best form of contrast? Hah. I think the best part is comment that magazines are not to show off how creative you are... they are solely for the purpose of reading... I will have to remember that the next time I flip through a magazine and choose to read articles based on how well the images work together and grab my attention.
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