Comments on: Are you a hardcore graphic designer and you don’t know it!

By: Becky Long

Becky Long — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:57:29 +0000

Absolutely agree! I find myself doing alot of these! :)

By: Mahgol

Mahgol — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:14:06 +0000

Oh! that’s so funny and so true!

By: sherry

sherry — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:11:10 +0000

The husband and I often play the “name that font” game when in the car- and mock those billboards/business vehicles we see bearing fonts we disapprove of… We’re kind of snotty little nerds like that.

Re: #9 … no. I haven’t learned my lesson yet! I still have hope!

Who’s brought Pantone swatches with them when shopping for bridesmaids dresses?

By: The Pro Designer

The Pro Designer — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:37:08 +0000

# D. – Nice, 76% you are in trouble I reckon
# Alastair – Very good point you rasie about the PSD… I actually always gave out the PSD to my clients, but of late I have found that no one really uses it. I done a survey of all my clients about this and 99% of them said they never actually use it because they don’t have the software to open it up. I do give them a large range of files, depending on the service (eg. .jpg, .gif, .png, .tif etc.) – But if they really want the PSD/AI then they can have it.
# tanya – Caffine I here you…
#Curtis – It certainly is the first step to realizing we all have a problem…
#Squareart – Nice, i am with you all the way…

By: squareart

squareart — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:23:59 +0000

Good way to start on a Monday morning, I was smiling all the way: ) – what about adding, picking up business cards or the ‘odd’ good print work because you want to look at it ‘later’ – drives your ‘non-designer’ partner mad!

By: curtismchale

curtismchale — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:02:20 +0000

Ha that’s great. I’m totally guilty of analyzing the shirt my wife is wearing or the menu font or anything that is not just enjoying my time with her. The first step is admiting you have a problem.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:57:45 +0000

Papyrus makes me nauseous.
Book covers amaze me and all I see everywhere is fonts, layers, kerning and brushes.
Also, I highly depend on caffeine. Lots of it.

This is a great list, gonna print it and leave some around the office! :)

By: Alastair McDermott

Alastair McDermott — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:24:48 +0000

Great list! However, I have to question #20: “You never give the PSD file to your client (bad practice)”. Do you really consider it bad practice to give clients the PSD?

As a client, I always ask for the PSD, in case the designer loses it/hard disk fails/is hit by bus/goes out of business/etc.

As a supplier, I always give the client a DVD with PSDs (and AIs, etc).

By: Casper

Casper — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:19:38 +0000

27. While youre making a powerpoint (because they don’t have mac’s) with a co-worker you insist to create the entire thing, just to make sure it doesn’t gets a bad layout.

By: D.

D. — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:35:54 +0000

Great list! I think I scored about 20/26…..76%!