A poll?

[smarriveurr]

Poll A Poll!

Comments

[paperkingdoms]

Depends heavily on the application, but, in general, I think it looks funny.

[smarriveurr]

Bullet points on a resume, let's say... just hypothetically. For kicks...

[paperkingdoms]

I'd say they should be hanging in reference to the text that is bulleted, but not in reference to the heading / text surrounding the list. For personal preference.

[smarriveurr]

Well, most programs automatically indent bulleted lists anyway. This is more about exdenting the bullets themselves relative to other text.

[simianlovedoc]

As a complete typography nerd, I think it is awesome to see layouts that use it. Very few designers these days understand typography as well as they should. Is it scary that I would love to take a college level course in typography, for fun?

[smarriveurr]

Given the fact that I spent the last 24+ hours obsessively looking into typography and layout design myself, I somehow do not think that I'm in a position to throw stones.

[lietya]

I should add that I don't necessarily think archaic is a bad thing... (I still reflexively add double spaces after periods, even knowing that LJ and many other programs will strip them out. Habit.)

[smarriveurr]

Duly noted. Just something I've been thinking about while procrastinating real resume work and scratching a layout for the third time.

And for the record, I reflexively double-tapped after periods until last year, despite being a webdesigner and thus well aware that the extra whitespace wouldn't display.

[lietya]

I'm impressed that you ever kicked the habit.

[smarriveurr]

I was collaborating on an online project where they openly mocked double-tappers, so I put in the effort to break the reflex.

[stephiny]

I think it looks fantastic in handwritten text but when it comes to typed work it depends a lot on the layout and font. I don't like it with sans-serif fonts at all.

I suppose it all really comes down to personal preference

[bluinkalchemist]

Considering how much I've learned about creative formatting that doesn't involve bullet points (web design using div tags etc) I've sort of moved away from hanging punctuation.

Also?

TICKY. FUCKING. BOXES.