Design thread

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/14*

Oh, so THAT's where the groin is.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/14*

I understand why the hockey shorts/pants/whatever are there, but it looks a bit out of place. I'd say it might have looked better with the whole outfit, if that was at all possible. I think that would better relate what you're trying to get across.

An reason there's an insert at the bottom?

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/14*

The insert is there just to give an idea of what was written, since you wouldn't be able to actually read anything on the page as I posted it. (The blow-up wasn't printed).

Funny you mention using a whole outfit. My wife thought I should have left the hockey pants red as I had photographed them to make them stand out more; I tried to go more subtle and match the "DiVinci look".

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

Not trying to threadjack from the graphic, but I have a design question:

I have a feeling you're going to start seeing more color screens in papers, somewhat like what you see with a lot of the Latin papers on newspagedesigner. However, I've been told recently that colorblind people have problems reading text on top of a screen. Does anyone know if this is true, and if so, are there certain color combinations to avoid? Does any color combination pose a problem, or just certain ones? Any ideas? I don't use them a lot, but would be a nice thing to know.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

It's not so much a screen, but I did learn something earlier this year.

In a graphic I did, I used blue "highlights" in the copy for school names. I got a nasty E-mail from a reader who said people were unable to make copies of the graphic, because the blue did not show up on copies.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

Red and green are typically hard for colorblind people to see. To them, the colors just look like different shades of gray. So that could have something to do with not being able to see type.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

I loved the concept, not sure I'm sold on the hockey pants. Seemed almost too distracting. But using the image to list the injuries was brilliant.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

As brilliant as the boxer in Harlem Nights.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

That's an interesting point.

A few years ago I suggested instead of the same old 4 column x 9 inch NCAA Tournament bracket that every newspaper runs, we could do something really special. Dress it up with all kinds of bells and whistles and have it take up 6 columns. Make it the most attractive NCAA Tournament graphic in the nation.

"But it will be too large, and readers won't be able to make copies of it for their pools," was the reply.

There wasn't much I could say to refute that.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

But there was much more that could have been said to strike down your idea.

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

Yeah, I got the same explanation, which made sense. Hey, less work to do (although we still have to change all the damn fonts ).

 

Re: Design thread *Updated 1/17*

You mean you don't just run the agate listing of matchups, and to hell with the bracket lines? I'm shocked. You're going soft in your old age.