Comment by twochillin

Comment by twochillin 11 days ago

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Since there's a question mark about brutalism, here's a link or two to read up on. tl;dr Brutalism in graphic design today has two distinct in popular usage meanings:

1. Bare bones. Pure utility, any styling is simply for readability. Craigslist style.

2. Big, garish, bold; sometimes called Nu-brutalism or Sportsbrut.

I should note that each of these has very little, if anything, to do with the 20th century architectural trend, which focused on applying usage of basic shapes and raw materials at a large scale. On the web, the "raw materials" part is the only real connection to the origins of the term, with the first one focused on lofi design with basic tooling, and the second highlighting garish things you can do with basic forms.

Neo-brutalism is another trend to note; think of it as a focus on raw shapes with some niceties added on top to make things more interesting.

Links:

1. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/01/split-personality-b...

2. https://medium.com/@sepidy/how-can-i-design-in-the-neo-bruta...

TravisPeacock 11 days ago

I tried to incorporate both as much as I could. Minimally styled (there's less than a KB of styles) and if it is styled then use thick black lines.

Great links

  • rerdavies 11 days ago

    Seems to me that a truly minimalist website would have to be set in Times Roman (is that not still the default typeface). And that a truly brutalist website should have a gray background.

    Both utterly pedantic quibbles that are completely intended to be ignored.

    Good job.

    • jdthedisciple 11 days ago

      Times New Roman you mean, surely

      Can't improperly reference that legendary script.

      • clan 11 days ago

        Good sir, I salute you!

        Barbarians

    • clan 11 days ago

      Good bait!!!

      Truly minimalist: Accept the defaults. Whatever they are. Count your bytes.

      Aesthetic minimalism: A non-serif font. We may have strong opinions here on which. I shall name none to avoid firey flames ;-)

      By pointing out Times New Roman by name you do not imply minimalism. Rather a passive aggressive swipe at good old Times New Roman which I find too practical and beautiful to be lumped into nu-brutalism nor aesthetical minimalism. To show good faith I will let the missing "New" slide. Gentlemen shall be given room to misspeak. Happens to the best of us.

      Mupen, Boa Constructor and Molend are good examples from an otherwise meh list at https://www.fontspace.com/category/brutalist.

      A drab grey could be brutalist indeed. Maybe we can be friends after all! But truly! I beg your pardon! One true scotsman and all that jazz.

      Pendatry to be ignored? No, no! That is not how pendantry works! You need to watch more Tim Traveller.

      But good bait, fun times!