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The remarkable story aside, I really enjoyed the styling of the article. While I wish the text were just a pinch bigger, it was truly a pleasure to read. Some

The remarkable story aside, I really enjoyed the styling of the article. While I wish the text were just a pinch bigger, it was truly a pleasure to read. Some things I noticed in particular: - Subtle highlighting to connect names to photos - Unobtrusive but beautiful section headings - Anything not pertaining to the article pushed down below it[1] - Beautiful use of photography I might be late to the party here because I don't often read Slate, but I enjoyed reading the article almost as much as the article itself. [1] I can't be the only one who finds "You might like..." sidebars distracting. Particularly when they incorporate images, they pull my attention away from the text and strain my eyes as I read. I would be more likely to contribute to add impressions if more articles on the internet were like this.

ACow_Adonis 13y ago
Really? We'll probably have to agree to disagree, but I came into this thread specifically to comment on the styling of the article, and specifically, how distracting and irritating I found it. So imagine my surprise when I come in and find one of the only two comments being a comment about how GOOD the styling on the page is. I was going to comment that I've seen a few pages like this increasingly appearing, where a great deal of effort has obviously gone into the style/layout of the page, it looks very schmick in a "we paid for modern stylists" kind of way, but its overall effect on me has been negative. The whole thing had this irritating "asymmetrical" feel to it that I just found disconcerting when i just want to read the article, and honestly just left me unable to read it, And for the love of god I will never accept the current trend of "Take sentence from text, blow it up, and insert in its own text box on same page" thing that is obviously taking the journalistic world by storm right now.
- rpedroso 13y ago
  The quote technique you're referring to is called a pull-quote, and they have been around for decades. They may have seen a resurgence on the web recently, I couldn't say, but they've been used in magazines as far as I can remember. Like any typographic technique, they can be used poorly, but I thought their use was quite tasteful in this article. They take for granted the fat that many people skim and they help draw attention to key quotes or ideas; I think that's reasonable. I didn't get the sense of "asymmetricality", but to each their own, I guess. In any case, it felt like an improvement over most news sites and blogs.
prawn 13y ago
"You might like..." My peeve is when they're about two paragraphs into the article. I've just started reading, why are you trying to get me to leave already?

ACow_Adonis 13y ago

Really? We'll probably have to agree to disagree, but I came into this thread specifically to comment on the styling of the article, and specifically, how distracting and irritating I found it. So imagine my surprise when I come in and find one of the only two comments being a comment about how GOOD the styling on the page is. I was going to comment that I've seen a few pages like this increasingly appearing, where a great deal of effort has obviously gone into the style/layout of the page, it looks very schmick in a "we paid for modern stylists" kind of way, but its overall effect on me has been negative. The whole thing had this irritating "asymmetrical" feel to it that I just found disconcerting when i just want to read the article, and honestly just left me unable to read it, And for the love of god I will never accept the current trend of "Take sentence from text, blow it up, and insert in its own text box on same page" thing that is obviously taking the journalistic world by storm right now.

rpedroso 13y ago
The quote technique you're referring to is called a pull-quote, and they have been around for decades. They may have seen a resurgence on the web recently, I couldn't say, but they've been used in magazines as far as I can remember. Like any typographic technique, they can be used poorly, but I thought their use was quite tasteful in this article. They take for granted the fat that many people skim and they help draw attention to key quotes or ideas; I think that's reasonable. I didn't get the sense of "asymmetricality", but to each their own, I guess. In any case, it felt like an improvement over most news sites and blogs.

prawn 13y ago

"You might like..." My peeve is when they're about two paragraphs into the article. I've just started reading, why are you trying to get me to leave already?