typografy
Re:Ask HN: How can you make a MacBookPro keyboard productive for progr...
on Sunday November 24, 2013 @08:57PM (#6792109)
Get https://pqrs.org/macosx/keyremap4macbook/ , then pick the keys you need. I have my right side command and option as page up and page down, eject as (forward) delete, and PC style home/end on the arrow keys (I think that removes some inconsistencies between programs).
I had been using Windows for the previous 17 years or so, so I also switched control and command.
Re:Practical Typography
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:43AM (#6096441)
The second resume does not feel appropriately designed, it looks like a menu at an upscale restaurant, mixes too many emphasis styles and typefaces, does not create a hierarchy, and just does not look nearly as good as the author thinks it does.
Re:Practical Typography
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:35AM (#6096388)
Typeface creation requires extremely specialized and rare skills (that most people don't even consciously appreciate!) and take enormous amounts of subjective and detail-oriented work. Type designers take their work very seriously as well, true crafts-people.
Re:Practical Typography
on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @10:32AM (#6096368)
This is seriously awful.
He's using some kind of condensed serif at an enormous size that makes it very uncomfortable for screen reading. His list numbers are illegible, misaligned, and extremely far away from the list items. He sprinkles SMALL CAPS everywhere FOR SOME REASON. The contents page is particularly bad, using a Futura-esque font against a serif at the same size, with bizarre spacing, failing to make a hierarchy or pleasing design.
There are many great design documents. This is not one of them. If you want to improve your design skills, do yourself a favor and avoid this charlatan.