Can you all look at my Artfire shop? I just did a major edit and made a new banner and links, but I'm getting mixed comments about the font in my banner. On my monitor I can see it fine (the "n" in "Elfling" is a bit thin, but it's not hard to see), and the majority of my friends are telling me they can read it fine. However, some can't, so I'm wondering if it's a monitor thing, like my contrast is higher or something.
I don't really want to change it because I really like how it looks against my tree photo (and I love that font), and so far most can see it fine. The problem is those who can't read it- I don't want my shop name to be illegible, you know?
Would making that "n" thicker so there was more brown help? Is that the main problem with it? I just don't know how to make it crystal clear to everyone without either changing the font or using a plain background, neither of which I want to do. I'm just torn because I spent so many hours on this and I really love how it looks. :(
Edit: Okay, I made a few more up- they got compressed by photobucket, but hopefully they'll be clear. Are any of these better than what I currently have up?
1.) Yellow and green
2.) black and brown
3.) light green and black
4.) green and brown
5.) green and brown, but more green
6.) yellow and brown
I think that last one is the clearest, but I really hate yellow, lol. I guess if I change the font, I'll edit the blurb underneath to match, as well.
8 comments:
I can read it just fine myself. However, if you were to go for one of those variations, I'd say the light green and black one looks the best. I dunno. For me, it's easier to read things outlined in black.
Just to let you know I agree with Melissa on this.
looks fine on my monitor too :)
The lettering and stuff are uber cool but really busy....maybe it should be plain background where the letters are at?
I had to buy someone to make ours so that is cool you can make yours. Was Artfire hard to set up? I am thinking about moving one of our shops there because Etsy has died....not literally but you know what I mean.
Funky Monkey girl,
Jolene
Hey, have you thought about selling at science fiction/fantasy conventions? Your product will go awesome there:)
Jolene
Thanks for your feedback, guys! :D One of my friends had the idea of putting the font on a scroll, so my fiancé said he'd draw me out a scroll that I can use for where the font is- like it would be a plain color under the words, but plain in a way that isn't too boring. That way I can get both the foresty background and more legible font. :)
Jolene- lol, I wasn't nearly as capable at making graphics when I started; my first attempts at icons and banners were so ugly! I've been doing graphics stuff for the past few years, though, so now I'm not too bad with all that practice. :)
And yeah, I know what you mean about Etsy. I really love having two shops; it keeps things pretty busy. :) Artfire is pretty easy to set up, especially since they've been doing a LOT of editing to the way the pages work, making them more and more easy to use. I'd definitely recommend Artfire, especially since they're currently running a promo where it's free with an unlimited amount of listings. You don't get all the cool features with a free account, but I think that's a really neat idea for testing it out. I'm going to see if I can help my best friend set up a shop during this promo. :)
Oh! And I never thought of conventions! My dream is to one day sell at a renfaire, but conventions would be cool, too! Thanks for the idea!
Hey chica,
I started a science fiction convention in MN, it is called MarsCon www.marscon.com
I am planning on dealing there so maybe I can have some of your stuff there too? I will let you know once I find out that I got my tables....sound cool?
Jolene
Ooo, that does sound cool! I've never heard of Marscon (probably because I live nowhere near it, lol). Can you give me more info on it?
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