Santa Barbara Star Free-Press

Tons of comments pro and con on the big redesign here, plus...more!

Retro is fresh, and so appeals to the twentysomething set who haven't seen it yet in newsprint. That's why it's a good move, although purists in the comments area here think it's too tabloid.

Our only quibble was yesterday's very thin Helvetica below the fold on the Shards of Agony piece. Too light! Almost lost it...

There is a fine line between the splashy moderne look of many fonts inc. and different fonts that mesh well. The helvetica was great on Sunday's A1 for the skyboxes, in color.

And now to read my paper, the Los Angeles Times!

(after some Boston Globe gossip...next up)