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TYPOGRAPHY Ouch. Pretty much universally panned! You may have a point with the underlining but we love our typography - as did the art director of Blueprint when we showed him the draft of this issue! When designing the magazine we tested over twenty fonts which had to meet the criteria of being: a) legible at low point sizes on a risograph printer on uncoated paper b) aligned with the informal, accessible nature of a student zine c) designed within the last five years Apercu was the clear winner in our opinion. It’s a fun, contenporary typeface with excellent legibility at low point sizes and on a risograph. However you’ll be happy to hear though that the underlining is gone and we’ve reduced the variation in typographic devices as much as possible.
LEGIBILITY OF OVERLAID IMAGES AND TEXT Yeah, fair enough - we totally got carried away with this. One of the benefits of using a risograph (aside from how cheap it is) is that the inks are not opaque and it’s easy to overlay page elements. While it might look OK for some standout pages (such as the front cover and this issues poster) we appreciate it isn’t always appropriate so we’ve toned it down massively this issue.
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