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Had a talk with a sign painter at a local shop and it changed how I see fonts
I was getting a quote on a banner last week and the guy behind the counter looked at my logo file. He asked why I picked a script font that looked like it was written with a wet finger. He said that font works fine for wedding invites but not for a sign that needs to be read from 20 feet away. I never really thought about how readability changes at different sizes. He showed me a few of his old samples and I could see the difference right away. Has anyone else had a pro give them a reality check on something you thought looked good?
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alicebarnes3d ago
Had to read that twice because it blew my mind. Never once stopped to think about how the physical paint itself reacts at distance on a sign. That's the kind of tiny detail nobody tells you about until you mess it up.
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