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Survey: The NYTimes New "Home" Section

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We're a little slow, be we realize that the NYTimes has been making dramatic changes to our favorite section, House & Home (or Home & Garden as it's called on the web), over the past few weeks and months. Most notably, we were shocked to see that it is NO LONGER called House & Home, but is simply called Home. In this new digital age, everything seems to want one name. There are a number of other changes too, like enlarging Currents, blowing up type fonts and getting rid of Room to Improve and the Q&A. What do you think? (and while we're at it, do you think the guys climbing up the NYTimes new building yesterday were disgruntled "Home" readers?)

 
 

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Not everyone's home is a house. 'nuff said.

posted by kimg924 on 2008-06-06 15:22:52
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Looks exactly the same on the web...

posted by bepsf on 2008-06-06 17:57:50
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I know this isn't a graphic design blog, but referring to the paper's typography or typefaces as "type fonts" sounds uneducated to me.

This is like saying a sofa chair ;)

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/theyre-not-fonts

posted by Claire K on 2008-06-06 18:53:36
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Who cares?

Also, did anyone read the article on the front page? "Peter Rabbit Must Die"? HILARIOUS!

posted by gopherface on 2008-06-06 20:04:36
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I think this section has been a huge bore for years. They have maybe 4 articles tops and they're not that interesting. I skip it most of the time.

posted by anne on 2008-06-07 19:19:54
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I read that article on fonts and typefaces and conclude thusly: It's some separation between typeface snobs and people who just have used Word forever and call them fonts because that's what they're called on the programs. They're fonts.

I don't care what the NYT changes the names of its sections to. NON-ISSUE.

posted by K T G on 2008-06-07 21:08:37
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I agree K T G, that article does get a bit over-the-top, and I really don't mind people referring to typefaces as "fonts"; just don't call them "type fonts"! :)

posted by Claire K on 2008-06-09 11:13:18
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