Iteration.
It occurred to me that, in the unlikely event that I start blogging in earnest again, nobody will want to read any of it with the site in this state.
So I’m firing up my first draft of a long, long, long-awaited dsandler.org refresh. At first glance it probably looks like just another tightly-tracked Helvetica design; while I do believe that that particular Max Miedinger Old Style look is timeless, I’m actually going for something a little different. Font nerds with Avenir (or Gotham, a slightly boxier substitute) installed will see more of what I’m going for: something a little more open and friendly. [Update: See a screenshot of the Avenir version.]
Feedback is welcome in the comments or shouted to @dsandler.
Twitter feedback
al3x @dsandler I’d click it.
boredzo @dsandler Much improved; thank you.
dangerdave @dsandler v. pretty. But the Avenir family is expensive: I can’t afford Sandler Platinum.
davidrperry @dsandler new layout = elegant & clean. I did get a kick out of the temp version, though!
6 responses
mostly gorgeous; suck++! spacing looks a little tight in Camino. I have no font nerd fonts.
comment posted at 12:34 am on 04 Nov 2008
Jealous! Seriously, if these are your _drafts_…
comment posted at 5:46 am on 04 Nov 2008
@eric: the body text spacing or the headline spacing?
comment posted at 9:12 am on 04 Nov 2008
The body text (I’m starting to get used to it, though). The headlines are gorgeous.
comment posted at 5:13 pm on 04 Nov 2008
http://typeface.neocracy.org/
Although I suspect that neither Linotype nor H&FJ have terms of use that would allow you to convert their fonts for embedding. :-P
comment posted at 12:01 am on 18 Nov 2008
[...] offering complaints about my intentionally awful interim design). I received a few comments on the blog post itself, but just as many via Twitter, so I decided to (laboriously!) copy some of those messages [...]
comment posted at 10:10 am on 05 Mar 2009