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thenewgreen  ·  3634 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Unshared Hubski Gems or What is wrong with you people?!

You she mi shi?

"What's the matter?" -I learned something and I enjoyed it. What's not to like indeed!

Good to see you lessismore, I hope life has been treating you well. In regards to "April fools day" which is mentioned in your post, this year on Hubski we made the entire site in the "Illuminated" style. -It was an awesome mess for a while. You can check out that "style" in your settings, I actually think it's pretty cool.

All my best pal.





kleinbl00  ·  3634 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...and with some font tweakage, I'd still use it.

insomniasexx  ·  3634 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What font would you like, good master of the fonts?

kleinbl00  ·  3634 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey, you're the designer. I don't even play one on TV.

As it exists right now, "Illuminated" does an excellent job of hearkening to a book that is painstakingly crafted by the cloistered elites for the occasional, ceremonial enjoyment of the cloistered elites. I certainly approve of the (decidedly bourgeois) intent, but readability could go up a titch.

For one thing, quoted text is like 6 point right now - but only sometimes. Sometimes its in like 15-point Elvish. Oh, but wait. You already fucked with that. Now it's like 32-point courier new.

You know, at this point I say up the contrast a little (pale out the background a bit, throw a bit more black into the text), up the standard font a point or two to make up for the fact that it's distressed, bring the quotes back down to earth and let it simmer. I'll run it for a while and see what I hate. How's that sound?

EDIT: Hyperlinks should be more discernible as well. Maybe riff off the teal and gold in the side banners? Hey, you could even extend them to the wheels.

thenewgreen  ·  3634 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, we are on that. insomniasexx. forwardslash