notes from graphic design crash course

Punk concert posters are designed for drunk angry teenagers: "when the fuck is it? where the fuck is it? who do i call for more info?"
Teacher has a friend who spent a year studying the letter "k". (does she now hate the letter k? love it? or just have a complicated relationship with it?)
~~Comic sans~~
Levi's red line jeans get sold out of the back of trucks?
I have to start using more guides in Powerpoint
Alignment! Things should be aligned by default, if not there should be a good reason.
Women supposedly hate having to always put their purses on the floor.
*** ******** ** misterpants!
simplicity, consistency, contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity
Different types of information should use different fonts (not different typefaces - different weights, sizes etc)
Unless you're using a typewriter, you don't need two spaces after a period.

last timestamped: 17:01:33 05-Aug-2006
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