As for comic sans, most design illiterate people use it because it comes free on their systems and they think they’re being ‘creative’. Any designer using that font would get laughed out of the agency by their peers, however, if you’re designing a comic, you could most probably get away with it – the clue is in the name.

Another bug bear in print design is seeing Helvetica replaced by Arial (also because it’s supplied with most peoples systems).

Here is the scenario, you work for 6 weeks on a development. They mess you about another 6 weeks later they finalise the dev, you invoice and they pay on 30, 60, 90 or 120 days!

Result: You have to wait half a year to get paid.

Design can be over in a relatively short period of time and there is where the difference lies I think, dev never ends!.

@Desiree
How can you put cooper black in the same boat as comic sans – which you admit to using.

This is a little misguided, if you are dissing Cooper Black – a font created nearly 100 years ago and heavily used in 60′s psychedelia artwork – you are also doing the same to it’s parents Cooper and Goudy. Classic typefaces that have stood the test of time.

Comic sans and papyrus are literally the typeface poop on the bottom of my shoe.

Any client who asks me to use comic sans is politely asked to choose a different font face or kill themselves. If they don’t back down I kill them my self and engrave their tomb stone in comic sans! That is the only time I use it.

Only joking I love comic sans, it’s just so funny and er.. comical. Hate hate hate it.

thanks

“Not Owning the Graphic Artists Guild Handbook”

While this book is good for satisfying your curiosity about how things are supposed to be done, I find it pretty useless for the way things actually are done. The pricing guidelines are a hoot. Same with the terms they think and illustrator will be able to get compensated.

I use my Designer’s Handbook to prop up my keyboard at the proper angle. It works excellent.

just to name a few…

Do it right way,first time, right time,every time. Tommorrow is another day, do it maxi mum today.

Work smartly, live simply.

Yes, definitely white space is a friend for who is taking care and giving much more attention to their designs. A professional Graphic Designer will play with white spaces.

White space is really a friend it is giving more contrast to the designs and an elegant look.

Designers kindly remember white space is your friend always. Use it on right way.

dafont.com is surely acceptable. Ive used it for commerical work. The same artists make the fonts.

So I assume you mean poor quality fonts from anywhere as free fonts have good quality ones so novice designers reading this might think not to use dafont.com etc and thats misleading.

cheers