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(experiment proposed by pfinch and stas; see [1] and [2]) | (experiment proposed by pfinch and stas; see [1] and [2]) | ||
3. | 3. Avoid slang, trendy catch phrases in the design, and when they are required explain the intended affect. Some examples | ||
"triple threat" v. multi-demensional | |||
Awesome --- http://matejnovak.com/2011/05/10/owning-awesome/ | |||
Awe actually meant “terror” or “dread” until the late 1700s, from which point on it retained only the slightly softer meaning of | Awe actually meant “terror” or “dread” until the late 1700s, from which point on it retained only the slightly softer meaning of | ||
“reverential fear or wonder” (all definitions from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). Awesome came along in the late 16th century | “reverential fear or wonder” (all definitions from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). Awesome came along in the late 16th century | ||
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or "scary cool..." | or "scary cool..." | ||
4. | 4. Define use of nouns, verbs and adjectives when there are used in the design or copy | ||
5. | 5. Watch out for possible character space mismatches in the design. Consider places where more space is need for text is needed for Italian and other languages with our designs. i.e. it will take 30 characters to express what we might write in 15." | ||
francesco had some examples here. can you repeat them? | francesco had some examples here. can you repeat them? | ||