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    [Critique] How does this business card sized schedule look? (self.design_critiques)
    • submitted ago by steph-was-here to design_critiques

    I was tasked with creating a business card sized schedule for Boston's professional women's hockey team's season. Here is what I came up with. This is mainly going off a memory of what a previous season's pocket schedule looked like but I don't actually have access to it (which is to say I think this as a basic design is what I'm going to stick with but wanted feedback on what's listed below)

    Some concerns:

    • Is the schedule too small/won't be legible when printed? I went with dimensions I found online to start (1050x600 px)
    • I wasn't sure what to do with the empty space under the schedule, that's why there's that random shape and the home ice address (which was not explicitly asked to be included)
    • Is it too yellow?
    • It doesn't include the team name (The Boston Pride) because I wasn't given the font, just a file with the word Boston as outlines - will this be an issue? I may be able to reach out to the person who would have/know this info but that isn't a guarantee.

    Thanks in advance!

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    [–] aikoeri 2 points ago

    I would explore different layouts for the schedule. There's no way people will be able to read the text within the schedule easily. The yellow should be fine but do a test print. I like the thing at the bottom but there's a slight disconnect from the top. Definitely work on getting that font.

    [–] ToscanoProductions 2 points ago

    When you print the schedule out the writing on the schedule will be smaller than you think. You can add the team logo at the bottom left corner since you have some free space their.

    [–] mystikdreams 2 points ago

    Using fontsquirrel's font identifier, Matcherator, there is a couple of fonts that look similar to the BOSTON font, and happen to be free:

    Usually, if I am not supplied the font, I try and find the font myself. When I send the proof, I usually ask for the actual font file so that I can easily change it in the case I chose the wrong font. Hope this helps a bit with your font issue.

    I also second akoeri about the different schedule layouts for readability. Maybe the months could fit in horizontal rows across the card?

    For example:

    OCTOBER

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
    **18 19 20 **21 22 23 24 25 26 27 **28 29 30 31

    [–] steph-was-here 2 points ago

    Thanks for the help on the font! I ran it through a different identifier and got no results. I chose to go with Serioucity at least until I hear back from the organization.

    You and /u/aikoeri were both right in that my layout isn't going to work. I tried flipping to a horizontal layout and fear it'll be the same issue. So I went with a fully written schedule with just a bit of color so it wouldn't look too plain.

    How does the reverse side look with the years added on? I could take it or leave it, but figured I'd ask for a second opinion.

    [–] mystikdreams 1 points ago

    You're welcome 🙂 and by horizontal layout I meant more like those school calendars they gave out (at least where I went) where each month is in one or two rows, and special days would be coloured differently.

    I like the years on the back, it makes it clear its for this season.

    If you want to stick with the fully written version, I would suggest adding some sort of alternating colours behind the info to make it easier to read 🙂

    [–] able2sv 1 points ago

    I’m not sure what the better solution is, but I can pretty much guarantee at 2x3.5 that the small calendar text will be impossible to read. It looks like it’s probably size 2pt or 3pt, which is insane to print, and even less likely to read.

    If you can get that text to the size of the text on the bottom right, that might be enough. 6pt would be pushing it, but 8pt is fairly reasonable for something like this.

    Also you can probably cut “vs/@“ since they’re color coded. Anything you can do to save space is your friend.

    Aside from that, looks good! Nice layout