By Robi Cohen
Fonts can be Dangerous!
I have upset my friends. Why? Because I completely messed up our 'joint' blog, Creative EdVentures, with my font.
Fonts can be DANGEROUS people!!!
A while ago, tired and bored with the very limited choices of fonts in Blogger, I decided to get an app which would convert my blog into any font I desired. This was wonderful!
First problem; depending on which computer I was using, and which Windows platform I was using, I did or did NOT see my new font. I wasn't even aware that it was actually working until I went to a friends house and she pointed out something in my blog and I said, "Hey! It DOES show up!".. I had just assumed, for whatever twisted reason, that it just wasn't WYSIWYG on MY computer only.
This is also why, quite often, when you use a certain website it will say 'compatible with IE' , or for 'optimal viewing only use Vista and IE'... stuff like that.
All was good in the world, and I posted along most merrily in my Papyrus font, until one day....
...the skies darkened and a booming voice came from the heavens.. ( ok, it was Fab... but still) and this voice said, "Robi (imagine a French-Canadian/Italian/British God-like voice), what the (deleted by the sensors) have you done to our blog? It is completely messed up and you are to blame!!!" -- at which point he took a sip of tea and called for Vince to please let him have a Krispy Kreme donut.
Shocked, and for fear of being struck by lightening, I realized that, 'yes, I was to blame'.
I have 'imported' or syndicated my posts to many other sources before, including Wordpress, and NEVER did my HTML code completely supercede the existing code on the target source! Papyrus took over the blog!
It was awful. There was so much carnage!
The moral of this story - yes, there really is something of importance here --
When you have a blog there is a certain amount of 'maintenance' you must do on a regular basis.
View your blog from as many browsers and platforms as possible.
See how quickly/slowly your page loads
If you have an RSS feed, you must somewhat regularly check the 'destination points' for what is actually being shared. Sometimes your post is not relevant/appropriate for a specific audience and should be removed from there.
Rememeber people -- do as I SAY, not as I do/did/done.
I have learned a valuable lesson.
Mea culpa BIG TIME!!
~Robi
Go Helvetica!!!!
Fonts can be Dangerous!
I have upset my friends. Why? Because I completely messed up our 'joint' blog, Creative EdVentures, with my font.
Fonts can be DANGEROUS people!!!
A while ago, tired and bored with the very limited choices of fonts in Blogger, I decided to get an app which would convert my blog into any font I desired. This was wonderful!
First problem; depending on which computer I was using, and which Windows platform I was using, I did or did NOT see my new font. I wasn't even aware that it was actually working until I went to a friends house and she pointed out something in my blog and I said, "Hey! It DOES show up!".. I had just assumed, for whatever twisted reason, that it just wasn't WYSIWYG on MY computer only.
This is also why, quite often, when you use a certain website it will say 'compatible with IE' , or for 'optimal viewing only use Vista and IE'... stuff like that.
All was good in the world, and I posted along most merrily in my Papyrus font, until one day....
...the skies darkened and a booming voice came from the heavens.. ( ok, it was Fab... but still) and this voice said, "Robi (imagine a French-Canadian/Italian/British God-like voice), what the (deleted by the sensors) have you done to our blog? It is completely messed up and you are to blame!!!" -- at which point he took a sip of tea and called for Vince to please let him have a Krispy Kreme donut.
Shocked, and for fear of being struck by lightening, I realized that, 'yes, I was to blame'.
I have 'imported' or syndicated my posts to many other sources before, including Wordpress, and NEVER did my HTML code completely supercede the existing code on the target source! Papyrus took over the blog!
It was awful. There was so much carnage!
The moral of this story - yes, there really is something of importance here --
When you have a blog there is a certain amount of 'maintenance' you must do on a regular basis.
View your blog from as many browsers and platforms as possible.
See how quickly/slowly your page loads
If you have an RSS feed, you must somewhat regularly check the 'destination points' for what is actually being shared. Sometimes your post is not relevant/appropriate for a specific audience and should be removed from there.
Rememeber people -- do as I SAY, not as I do/did/done.
I have learned a valuable lesson.
Mea culpa BIG TIME!!
~Robi
Go Helvetica!!!!
