Thursday, May 24, 2012

new blog look!

The blog's been needing an update for awhile, something tied in to the Night Garden image a little more. I found this cool 1920s (copyright free!) star chart over on the Graphics Fairy blog and used it as the basis for the backgrounds.



I changed up the post heading font, too, to be more readable. I loved the hand-writing feel of the old font, but some glyphs were hard to make out, and the funky spacing had always been a thorn in my side. The new post headers
keep something of the casual vibe, while being presented in a font with fewer quirky little glitches.

There are a few other changes, mostly subtle color shifts and font size alterations. And, I struggled for awhile to find a way to use the illustration in the sidebar of the boy looking at the stars. It's someone else's, you see. I pinned it awhile back on my Design Love pin board over at Pinterest because I love it so much, but because I'm not sure it's past its copyright date yet, I figured the most honorable thing to do would be to link it back to a place to buy the book from which it came.

Here's a little reminder about how things used to be vs. the way they are now. . .

old header:


new header



old background


new background



old font


new font



I'd love your feedback on the new look!

Thanks for reading!

2 comments:

fern said...

I'm a new follower, so I'm not too opinionated on the old look. But I LOVE the new look. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! I'm a huge fan of the night sky and star charts and such so, yeah...I love it! :-)

Amy of While Wearing Heels said...

Your new look is 'out of this world' :)