Re: [9fans] acme without a heavy grid (SFW)

[Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>]

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:43:28 -0500
Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com> wrote:

> Jason Catena wrote:
> > A quick edit frees acme from its "heavy grid prison", a la Tufte.
> > https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/502901/acmenogrid.jpg
> >
> > Jason Catena
> >
> >
> How about no grid whatsoever (while you're at it)?  There is plenty of
> contrast there to forego any kind of hard devisions.
>
> However, I end up with the same conclusion: why?  Is the 'grid' that
> distracting?

To provide an additional perspective, I don't think the grid bothers
me directly, but something about acme irritates me so much I strongly
avoid acme for anything creative and generally loathe starting it up
even though I appreciate it's great technical qualities and excelent
interface _ideas_.  I thought my problem was with the tag text, but
Jason's screenshot made me think again.  Maybe my problem is with how
the tag text interacts with the grid and I could get away with just
removing the thick black bars, or maybe I should try the Times font.
I think the former more likely.


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Ethan Grammatikidis

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