There is a war going on for your mind (full version)

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THats not some bad reasoning at all Soap. I'll be sure to take a look.

A question though: You know those type of typography you see on DA where people make like super cool text effects and such. Do you consider that good typography?

Text effects are just text effects. The best typography in all the world uses none. People just like to add pezzazz but adding text effects to bad typography still makes it typography and vice versa, the effects are really a non-entity (which is why I always say they're unecessary).

Bad: http://mrgraphicsguy.deviantart.com/art/Beauty-81735735

Bad: http://boss13055.deviantart.com/art/...g-you-49295069

Bad: http://MrBadger.deviantart.com/art/The-Gift-v2-71979058

Diabolical: http://mushir.deviantart.com/art/hug-149697502

Good: http://xyphid.deviantart.com/art/RANT-118243244

Awful: http://ehmaysink.deviantart.com/art/words-61017225

oh god, oh god no more: http://ValiskofDarknes.deviantart.co...aphy-152939674

Good: http://BK1LL3R.deviantart.com/art/Wa...ands-123461604

Good: http://mrgraphicsguy.deviantart.com/...-Hate-49002246

Good: http://il6amo7a-Q8.deviantart.com/ar...HEART-83540632

Good, but the effects ruin it: http://gaLrcka.deviantart.com/art/Ro...llow-120035307

Making the baby jesus cry: http://kit-t.deviantart.com/art/Mode...rnism-44558166

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Perfect: http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2007/06/you-cant.jpg

Perfect: http://designobserver.com/images/features/Barnbrook.jpg

Awesome: http://williamdixon.files.wordpress..../gillsans.jpeg

Good: http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles...1254935023.jpg

Good: http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles...1263847300.jpg

Excellent: http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles...1263788061.jpg

If you notice, none of them (all of them beneath the line are from Industry Professionals) use text effects simply because they don't need to.

Do research! I cannot stress this enough. If you don't know anything about famous typographers you'll never be any good at typography. Look up:

The rule givers:
Eric Gill
Eric Spiekermann
Herbert Bayer
Derek Berdsall
Mathew Carter
Adrian Frutiger
Jonathan Hoefler
Paul Renner


The Rule Breakers:
David Carson
Edward Fella
Jeff Keedy
Stefan Sagmeister
Jonathan Barnbrook
Michael Worthington
Phil Baines
Alan Kitching
Vince Frost
Barry Deck
Nevill Brody