Really Not Liking The Font In The Groups

In addition, the font on the image / art pages is pretty bad, too.

It seems to re-size automatically. On short titles it is ok.

However, if the titles are longer the font is reduced in size and is not only hard to read, but becomes almost totally insignificant on the page.

Here is an example.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pennsylvania-country-roads-adairs-covered-bridge-over-sherman-creek-perry-county-michael-mazaika.html

Just my personal opinion, but poor web presentation. In the case of longer titles, my view is that it would be better to wrap the line.

Seems to me the problem with that piece (in addition to being unprintable) is the fact that the title is over 60 chars long. They chose to create an insanely long title, it's hardly the websites fault that it's designed to fit the title in the space above the image.

I could call this piece "Hammondsport Fall Panorama on Keuka Lake in Upstate New York's Steuben County on the East Shore of the Lake Taken on a Monday from a hill across the valley"

Or I could use some common sense and just call it Hammondsport Panorama. http://joshua-house.artistwebsites.com/featured/hammondsport-panorama-joshua-house.html

@Joshua
"Seems to me the problem with that piece (in addition to being unprintable) is the fact that the title is over 60 chars long. They chose to create an insanely long title, it's hardly the websites fault that it's designed to fit the title in the space above the image.

I could call this piece "Hammondsport Fall Panorama on Keuka Lake in Upstate New York's Steuben County on the East Shore of the Lake Taken on a Monday from a hill across the valley"

Or I could use some common sense and just call it Hammondsport Panorama. http://joshua-house.artistwebsites.com/featured/hammondsport-panorama-joshua-house.html"

Joshua, I'm not sure it is your place to be critical or judgmental about how or what other artists title their pictures. Or to infer that their titles are created without common sense.

It is a long title though. Most titles won't be that long meaning the font size issue there is not common. meaning maybe the artist could shorten the title and not have the issue at all. (That is, if he cares about the font size.)

Here's my thoughts, based on logic not emotion.

At the root is the question: should FAA accommodate the artist's title, or should the artist conform to FAA's shrinking font style?

If the artist is to conform, then the artist needs guidance (i.e., standards)

If that is the case FAA should publish a mechanical requirements page. They don't.

That said, and until done, with no guidance supplied by FAA, not even a warning about long titles, it becomes FAA's responsibility to know that some artists may title short, and some long.

I'll be honest. I really don't care. I just saw your post in reaction to Joshua's post and wanted to point out that if the guy with the really long title was concerned about it, he could shorten his title.

Totally agree with Joseph. The way it displays should be considered when creating a title. Graphic design 101.

Yet it's fine to question how the site that you don't own is designed...

Maybe he's more interested in getting important words in the title out there than in how the title looks - it's my understanding that titles do provide keywords for some search engines. I have some pretty long titles now, too, for this reason. I have been trying to make them less cutesy or poetic and more relevant in terms of what someone might actually look for.

Anyway, between all the different ideas people share on the best way to do things and all the changes on the site, it's pretty hard to keep up with what is most effective around here. Seems as if I no sooner get something done (or at least well on its way to being done) than I read that I should be doing it differently.

That said, I, too, would rather have a larger font and a wrap when titles get long.

The real concern I'd have with long titles are the links. Sometimes the longer the link, the more likely it is not to wrap when posted to a forum, blog or social media.