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0 pointsalextingle12y ago0 comments

...at distracting and confusing readers.

If your goal is to distract and confuse people, by getting them to click on your ads and buy your products, then use HTML e-mail. If you want to communicate clearly, then stop worrying about layout & typography and concentrate on the words you are writing.

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pbreit12y ago· 3 in thread

> If you want to communicate clearly, then stop worrying about layout & typography

That's just wrong. Layout and typography are important elements to clear communication.

alextingleOP12y ago

Right, because when people are talking to you, all you hear is an incomprehensible stream of blah, blah, blah.

joesb12y ago

And people use single tone of voice, never emphasize their voice, and never use hand gesture, right?

pbreit12y ago

So do you think a Steve Jobs presentation would be as effective audio-only?

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