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By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:02 +0000

Alina, Exotic fonts are off putting – I agree. When researching this post I was interested to learn of the controversy between sans serif and serif fonts. It seems that designers are split on which is easier to read. What do you think?

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By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:04:54 +0000

Alina, what a great point about even younger eyes appreciating larger font. I never thought of that but how true. Thanks for the insight!

By: Alina Popescu

Alina Popescu — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:26:29 +0000

Brad, you are so right about fonts! People rarely consider audience when they choose the size. As far as I am concerned, bigger is always better than tiny fonts. Even for younger crowds! We all spend too much time on our computers, or have long, hard days, or any other reason causing our eyes to hurt. At that time, a nice larger font will make us feel so thankful Oh, and speaking of fonts, some look cool, but are hard to read…People should generally stay away from those overly complicated and enigmatic fonts!

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By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:03:19 +0000

Hi Cath, Maybe you should give your blog a new color scheme – a change like that might make you feel like you have a whole new site! Sounds like you’re ready for a change.

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:46:18 +0000

Hi Brad – I don’t know that I have the right colour scheme for my blog. Blue would probably have been better but I really loved the idea of red and silver at the time.

The blogs I find hardest to read are those that use few margins, or worse still, none at all. It makes it almost impossible to read the text.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:14:25 +0000

Fred, Interesting observation about the sidebar. That’s a great reason to keep the status quo. Thanks.

By: Fred H Schlegel

Fred H Schlegel — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:54:38 +0000

I’m with Karen, I like the 3D sidebar. It seems to push your eye back to the primary text.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:03:10 +0000

Hi Jenny, Thanks so much for the feedback on my site – like I said, Jesse had everything to do with the design. Glad you like it!

Andrew, It’s been awhile since I read up on the issue, but I believe the image placement rationale has to do with how we read from left to right. When we come to a web page, we scan from left to right, so our eyes naturally gravitate to the photo and dwell there. The photo draws our interest and then we go back and start reading. If the photo is on the left, it stops us before we complete the scan and is unnatural. About your site – I applaud your honesty about working on it, and I agree that images would enhance your design quite a bit, but it does take some time. I’m finding Apture to be a great plugin for adding links and images to posts – you might try that.