No fine print http://erion.elmasllari.com No fine print Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:41:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Crystal Goblet http://erion.elmasllari.com/2012/03/the-crystal-goblet/ http://erion.elmasllari.com/2012/03/the-crystal-goblet/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:13:10 +0000 E. http://erion.elmasllari.com/?p=71 "The book typographer has the job of erecting a window between the reader inside the room and that landscape which is the author's words." — B. Warde

The interface designer has the job of erecting a window between the user sitting in front of the computer and that user's dream of a completed job.

]]> The other day I came across “The Crystal Goblet”, an essay on typography by Beatrice Warde. It was first held as a speech to the British Typographers’ Guild at the St Bride Institute in London, on 7 October 1930. I cannot say how current this essay is with regard to typography, but it seemed worth reading from an interface design perspective, especially if you’re just starting out in this field. The full essay is at http://gmunch.home.pipeline.com/typo-L/misc/ward.htm.

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]]> http://erion.elmasllari.com/2012/03/the-crystal-goblet/feed/ 0 The Road Not Taken http://erion.elmasllari.com/2012/03/the-road-not-taken-robert-frost/ http://erion.elmasllari.com/2012/03/the-road-not-taken-robert-frost/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:34:48 +0000 E. http://erion.elmasllari.com/?p=26 Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.]]> Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost.

Via Poets.org. Photo from miriadna.com.

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