“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” ― Patrick Rothfuss If that's true, wouldn't our designers also wish to light fires in the minds and wring tears from the hardest hearts? They sure would! #inspiration #designinspirations #graphicdesign

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SWIPE
DEAR DESIGNERS!
Improving Your
Writing Skills
Won’t Hurt.
Here’s Why...

2. It’s clear that writing is a useful
skill for any designer. Yet apart
from a final-year dissertation or
research paper, graphic designers
are not encouraged to write at
design school.

3. This is odd, since words are the
designer’s raw materials, much
as coal is the raw material of the
coal miner.

4. Designers often say they
can’t write. This is also odd,
since many designers have a
verbal facility for sharp
phrases and economical
expression.

5. Most designers are better
with words than they realize.
This shyness with written
language is partly caused by
designers believing that they
need to do everything visually.

6. There’s a fear that they are
betraying their design
skills if they exhibit
language skills. Yet
the ability
to handle
text is a
priceless
attribute.

7. Just think how often we
struggle to make coherent
typographic statements
when forced to work with
clumsy language:
think of all those tortuous line
breaks and bad configurations of
type that could be eliminated
with a few text edits.

8. Inspiration | Adrian Shaughnessy
The ability to suggest and
make text changes can
often rescue work from
second-rate status.
So be confident and do
strive for excellence.

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