Comments on: More questions for you all about changes on the new blog format

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:43:50 +0000

Mrs Whatsit:

Thanks!

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:12:33 +0000

With all the fussing about line length and font sizes — all good and worth fixing — let me just say that the overall look of the new blog is great. Clean, wide, fresh, more modern, more inviting. Love it!

By: carl in atlanta

carl in atlanta — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:47:04 +0000

Neo: Looking back and forth between here and and the new format again this morning, I’ve got to second this comment by “Julie near Chicago” (at 6:07 PM yesterday):

“The beige sidebar here adds clarity and composition.”

By: Ira

Ira — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:48:15 +0000

I hadn’t noticed but checking out recently reformatted blogs it does indeed appear they are all using long line lengths, presumably to appease smart phone users. National Review is at 8â€³ which is almost double the standard for ease of reading. Neo, your old blog format column length appears at 5â€³ in Chrome which is at the high end of readability. Pick up any novel or other dead tree printed book and you will see a universal 26 pica, 4 3/8â€³ to 4 1/2â€³ line length, max.

About line length: On my computer the line length changes as I adjust the width of the window in which I am viewing the website. In the image with the apple, books and ballet slipper, I prefer the old font for "NEO" over the new one.

By: Chester Draws

Chester Draws — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:20:53 +0000

No to serif on web-pages (although I prefer it for paper).

For me the font is a touch too large, but better that than too small which many of the blogs I read are when on my phone’s small screen.

By: The Other Chuck

The Other Chuck — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:18:08 +0000

I hadn’t noticed but checking out recently reformatted blogs it does indeed appear they are all using long line lengths, presumably to appease smart phone users. National Review is at 8″ which is almost double the standard for ease of reading. Neo, your old blog format column length appears at 5″ in Chrome which is at the high end of readability. Pick up any novel or other dead tree printed book and you will see a universal 26 pica, 4 3/8″ to 4 1/2″ line length, max.

It would nice if the code writers and programmers could get their act together and figure out how to make a 4 1/2″ line length appear the same on any device. They need some basic typesetting training. I hate the thinking that humans must adapt to machines and not the other ways around. Neoneocon is one of the few blogs I still follow. More and more, I’m retreating away from the internet and back to books, music, and an occasional movie. And I won’t use a kindle or other screen device, nor do I own a smartphone. You can become a slave to these things.

By: DonKeyhoti

DonKeyhoti — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:29:58 +0000

Great job! It looks super so I say, let er rip.

By: Yackums

Yackums — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:37:30 +0000

I prefer the serif font. Otherwise, looks great!

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 07:39:55 +0000

Linking posts: I definitely prefer having the titles.
I can sometimes remember those, so if I’ve skipped a day (not often!), I can page through until I find where I left off.

By: The Other Chuck

The Other Chuck — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 04:44:45 +0000

huxley:

PrintShop is much, much cheaper and also more user friendly than Adobe products. I’m familar with it but preferred Illustrator, PhotoShop, and PageMaker – before they became bundled. As to the hot type, yes lots of nostalgia. My step-grandfather was a newspaper Linotype operator. The poor man died in the Union Printer’s Home in Colorado Springs from lead poisoning. We started our business with a Model 14. If you’ve ever seen one in action or operated a Linotype you have to be in awe of the inventor, Mergenthaler. He was some kind of deranged genius, deranged in the good sense.