Comments on: And I’m Getting Rid of Underlining, Too http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Richard http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/comment-page-1/#comment-47595 Richard Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:11:35 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/#comment-47595 Most firms use Deltaview to compare different new and old versions of documents. Since most Deltaview comparisons shows changes as underlined, any underlined text will confuse readers (or will not show up in changed text). Most firms use Deltaview to compare different new and old versions of documents. Since most Deltaview comparisons shows changes as underlined, any underlined text will confuse readers (or will not show up in changed text).

]]> By: Ken Adams http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/comment-page-1/#comment-24949 Ken Adams Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:23:33 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/#comment-24949 Mike: Regarding bold being too heavy, you're where I was until very recently. I really don't have a problem with bold Calibri. Although this discussion should be taking place in my typeface post, your comment on how new Calibri is suggests that—gasp!—you might not understand how it works. Leaving aside the Mac issue, if the receipient has Office 2007 or has downloaded the compatibility pack, when they open a document in Calibri, it would display in Calibri. If the recipient hasn't downloaded the compatability pack, Windows would initiate the processt that, in a few clicks, would result in its being download. Ken Mike: Regarding bold being too heavy, you’re where I was until very recently. I really don’t have a problem with bold Calibri.

Although this discussion should be taking place in my typeface post, your comment on how new Calibri is suggests that—gasp!—you might not understand how it works. Leaving aside the Mac issue, if the receipient has Office 2007 or has downloaded the compatibility pack, when they open a document in Calibri, it would display in Calibri. If the recipient hasn’t downloaded the compatability pack, Windows would initiate the processt that, in a few clicks, would result in its being download.

Ken

]]> By: Daniel Halloran http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/comment-page-1/#comment-24945 Daniel Halloran Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:17:03 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/#comment-24945 I think another good reason to avoid underlining text is to avoid confusion with hyperlinks. (Most web browsers underline hyperlinked text by default.) I think another good reason to avoid underlining text is to avoid confusion with hyperlinks. (Most web browsers underline hyperlinked text by default.)

]]> By: mike http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/comment-page-1/#comment-24938 mike Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:36:07 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/#comment-24938 I prefer bold, italicized, underscored text. Delicious. I agree that underscoring, and in particular underscoring with some fonts at small sizes, really decreases readability. However, I'm not convinced switching to bolding will work in practice. It's just too heavy. Also, given the newness of Calibri (office 2007), I can't imagine that most people would have it installed by default. So, you'll end up sending a draft, it'll show up in times new roman bolds. Though, one solution to this issue is to use styles so that when the draft is sent for execution, you can switch to your preferred emphasizing/font by making a couple changes to the styling. I prefer bold, italicized, underscored text. Delicious.

I agree that underscoring, and in particular underscoring with some fonts at small sizes, really decreases readability. However, I’m not convinced switching to bolding will work in practice. It’s just too heavy.

Also, given the newness of Calibri (office 2007), I can’t imagine that most people would have it installed by default. So, you’ll end up sending a draft, it’ll show up in times new roman bolds.

Though, one solution to this issue is to use styles so that when the draft is sent for execution, you can switch to your preferred emphasizing/font by making a couple changes to the styling.

]]> By: Ellen Lupton http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/comment-page-1/#comment-24868 Ellen Lupton Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:59:02 +0000 http://www.adamsdrafting.com/2007/12/20/getting-rid-of-underlining/#comment-24868 Underscoring is awful, truly awful. If you are working in a page layout program such as InDesign, you can adjust underscoring to fit your exact needs, but this is labor-intensive at best. Out-of-the-box underscoring is a fright. Bold is a nice alternative, especially if the contrast is not too great, as Kenneth suggests in his post. Underscoring is awful, truly awful. If you are working in a page layout program such as InDesign, you can adjust underscoring to fit your exact needs, but this is labor-intensive at best. Out-of-the-box underscoring is a fright. Bold is a nice alternative, especially if the contrast is not too great, as Kenneth suggests in his post.

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