Mark Ferree - Open Source Web Development

Design is an ancient tradition going back centuries, and many designers think this gives their chosen livelihood a special significance. I have recently been a sad little troll on a new typography blog because I felt the designer had sacrificed readability for the look of the site. As far as I'm concerned typography IS readability, and everything beyond that is just art. As it turns out the design is readable on some people's monitors, but unfortunately I didn't live up to the high monitor calibration standards of this blog (even though my monitor was inherited from a designer).

I believe that every person that publishes on the web should make readability their number one priority. We have enough strain on our eyes staring at a monitor as it is.