OT: Ten Type Tips (link)

This just scratches the surface of typography, but still these are very good tips for setting type and they're applicable to any project or program:



In setting type for video I would also add:

* Avoid serif fonts at small sizes, they will fall apart.

* Do add a little character spacing (between letters) to make your text easier to read. Words that are too tightly spaced are very hard to read on a TV screen.

* Add a little gaussian blur to eliminate that "crispy" effect on the edges of letters.

JK

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SCQT! Self-contained QuickTime ? pass it on!

Nice one, John, Thanks.

ps. 96 opacity with the ficker filter helps too.

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