Typophile

node 5214

unknown

http://www.unionfonts.com

Wondered if you think our new website is an improvement. All advice and comments welcome.

Cheers

Jim

unknown

Your navigation text is miniscule and hard to read, but overall, the site is nice. I especially like your a-z listing where I can easily scan the faces on one page.

unknown

It's a vast improvement, Jim.
Not that the old one was terrible, but this is a much richer experience, and the structure is very direct and "intuitive".
Props for the designers section!
I hope you sell gazillions of fonts.

However, I agree with Darrel about the nav text. It might not be the size, just that the text seems cramped. Maybe an alternate face that has more variety of character width, or more letterspacing/tracking.

unknown

Only complaint I might add is that on the main page you cannot click on two of the three highlighted typefaces - origen and softsoul - you can only add them to the basket. I know its easy to just click on fonts and find em, but hey some of us have A.D.D.!
the site <strong>looks great</strong>!

unknown

I agree, great improvements for the reasons already mentioned above. It's more open and accessible.

Also, even though I can read it, that navigation type is pretty microscopic. If you like the size, perhaps a rollover in the banner up top that show the selected title at a larger type size would cover you?

unknown

Hi Guys

Thanks for the feedback. It is useful, many of the changes I made came about as a result of Nick's suggestions about 9 months ago.

The menu text is easily changed, and I'll also put links from Origen and Softsoul through to the relevant type samples.

Thanks!

JIM
===

unknown

Hi Jim,

In the top 10 sometimes when you click on the font name directly it takes you to the wrong page (clicking Digna leads to Nova etc) The zoom icon seems to work better.

In addition to the small nav text, I'd increase the text size in the sidebar one level. Adding a touch of leading will lighten it up again.

Generally, I'd suggest giving more information about your fonts. The following should be available from the individual font's page IMHO:

Poster showing (I like it!)
All the weights in the family stated explicitly
(Does it have small caps? Italic? DemiBold Condensed Expert Alternates?).
Maybe a character map.
PDF Specimen!
Information about the design
Info about the designer. I see their name, and I see a designers section... link em up!
Did I mention PDF Specimen?

All of the above will help me to trust the quality of your fonts, and let me confirm it on my own.

Cheers!
Randy

Captured from web.archive.org on 19 Aug 2005. view this capture