The world as it should be

I have placed a book I wanted to read back on the shelf just because of bad typography. My friends give me an incredulous look when I tell them that. It’s true.

Bad typography, whether it is type size, line width or linespacing (and it’s usually a combination of those three), can make reading a book an almost painful experience.

I can’t imagine how frustrating it is for a writer to find his or her work basically ruined by a bad designer. I think it underlines the importance of writers, editors and designers working together as a team.

On this blog, I increased the linespacing a bit because the type is set pretty wide. Had I not done that in my CSS file, the type would clump into a ball of stems and strokes and not be as easy to read.

Writers: pay attention to typography. Don’t leave it all to the designer.