Number 21 of the Slow Food newsletter for New Zealand and Australia, Snail Pace, arrived in the post today. Lots of interest to read, I'm sure, but with thin type that has close line spacing and pages of white letters on a faded orange background I'm going to have find someone with better eyes to read it to me — any offers?
Also noticeable is that not one of the dozen or so articles discusses what's happening in New Zealand. This is a serious omission.
Your thoughts, convivium members?
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Yes - I noticed the lack of NZ stories in this one too ... Do they invite specific stories usually? - or just publish what they're sent?
I must see what my graphic-designer partner thinks of the print - and will report back! I guess they're trying to fit a lot into a small amount of space.
It's not about cramming a lot of information into a small space, Johanna, but poor design. There are two issues at stake here: readability and legibility and this journal fails in both.
Hi Ramsey - yeah - I totally take your point. I found the Fish of the Day story very hard going to read. I was just trying to see if I could find some reason behind their design choices (even if not a good reason!)
Ops...I pressed the wrong key...and lost the lot...What i wanted to say is:
From Slow Food Waitakere we always send info about our events and activities, but seldom we see them published.
I also believe that if SF international wishes to promote growth in NZ it should endeavour to dedicate a percentage of the magazine to NZ.
What do you think?
Ops...I pressed the wrong key...and lost the lot...What i wanted to say is:
From Slow Food Waitakere we always send info about our events and activities, but seldom we see them published.
I also believe that if SF international wishes to promote growth in NZ it should endeavour to dedicate a percentage of the magazine to NZ.
What do you think?
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