The images on the home page and history page will be animated slide shows of various ancient writing/inscriptions. For the A page and every other letter page, the plan is to have an animation in the lower right section of the page showing how each letter evolved, starting with their original form in the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet, through the Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Roman alphabets. The idea is to do something like a shape tween in Flash so each form morphs into the next, showing the evolution of each letterform. If I can't get that to work, I will probably just do an animated slideshow showing each form. In addition, the words on the A page (man, primal energy, strength, etc...) are derivative meanings for the letter that were attributed to it throughout history. I plan to do this for each letter, but can't decide which type to use, Arial (man, primal energy, strength are in Arial) or Sujeta, the type used for the big red A and for my logo.
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| home page |
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| letter A page (in progress) |
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| the history page |
The good stuff:
ReplyDeleteMinimal use of red—too much would be overwhelming
Images/slideshow—sounds like it will be dynamic and engaging
The texture—neutral yet interesting
The needs-to-be-improved stuff:
The letter A page—it seems disconnected from the rest and I didn't understand what the words were for until I read your post description
Good Luck, Rob.