One little bit of feedback on the posters / quote graphics: the smallest size fonts your using are a bit to small for comfortable reading on a phone.
And I'm just guessing that's how most people will see them. The text on bottom is okay, but I'd make sure the body text is larger for the phone viewing.
Is there a way you could sell these "posters" through some print-on-demand service? I'd spend $20 or so on a beautiful one (8" x 10" at least) that could go on a wall or desk or something.
I'm sure these services exist, but using one that made sense for you and the potential customer would be the issue. Wouldn't want to spend $50 for something tiny, knowing you only got $2 of the sale.
> the smallest size fonts your using are a bit to small for comfortable reading on a phone.
Are you referring to illustrations in the article or things posted in Notes or both? Could you point to an example?
I know not everything is going to be perfect for mobile. It can be difficult to be aesthetic, fit all the information you want to include, and make it always fully legible without zooming. Especially the infographic type posters. Not much I can do with those.
> Is there a way you could sell these "posters"
Yes, I have thought about doing something like that. Just haven't had time to work out how I would make it available. Unfortunately Substack as a platform doesn't provide for any type of shop integrations. So I would have to do it through an external site/service.
I wish I had a computer so I could just edit a few of them. Any graphic of yours with text, and I'll try to find an example of what I would consider too small and DM it to you.
Basically my graphic designer intuition says, if the tradeoff is readability versus aesthetics, and the image has text you want people to read, go with readability every time. Use that otherwise blank space.
I think a good rule of thumb would be, you never want someone to have to zoom in. I'll try to find a few examples.
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One little bit of feedback on the posters / quote graphics: the smallest size fonts your using are a bit to small for comfortable reading on a phone.
And I'm just guessing that's how most people will see them. The text on bottom is okay, but I'd make sure the body text is larger for the phone viewing.
Is there a way you could sell these "posters" through some print-on-demand service? I'd spend $20 or so on a beautiful one (8" x 10" at least) that could go on a wall or desk or something.
I'm sure these services exist, but using one that made sense for you and the potential customer would be the issue. Wouldn't want to spend $50 for something tiny, knowing you only got $2 of the sale.
> the smallest size fonts your using are a bit to small for comfortable reading on a phone.
Are you referring to illustrations in the article or things posted in Notes or both? Could you point to an example?
I know not everything is going to be perfect for mobile. It can be difficult to be aesthetic, fit all the information you want to include, and make it always fully legible without zooming. Especially the infographic type posters. Not much I can do with those.
> Is there a way you could sell these "posters"
Yes, I have thought about doing something like that. Just haven't had time to work out how I would make it available. Unfortunately Substack as a platform doesn't provide for any type of shop integrations. So I would have to do it through an external site/service.
I wish I had a computer so I could just edit a few of them. Any graphic of yours with text, and I'll try to find an example of what I would consider too small and DM it to you.
Basically my graphic designer intuition says, if the tradeoff is readability versus aesthetics, and the image has text you want people to read, go with readability every time. Use that otherwise blank space.
I think a good rule of thumb would be, you never want someone to have to zoom in. I'll try to find a few examples.