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As a counterpoint, I would refer you to type designer Matthew Butterick’s essay “Drowning the Crystal Goblet” : https://practicaltypography.com/drowning-the-cr

• specialist 3y ago
  > Let’s just pour concrete into the crystal goblet and toss it overboard, along with the banal idea of invisibility. Love it. And I totally disagree. Invisibility is akin to the food fight about intuitive user interfaces. (Right?) I've talked myself blue in the face about that one. As an advocate for "intuitive", I still have no idea what that means. Like all of us, I just know it when I see it. (Ha!) Passionate, well argued, aesthetic disagreements are just the best. Reminds me of the documentary Helvetica [2007]. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/
  • ZeroGravitas 3y ago
    I liked this old take on intuitiveness, which focuses on which user(s) something is intuitive to and why: https://articles.uie.com/design_intuitive/ https://articles.uie.com/design_intuitive/