On: Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people wi...

[vertline3]

He's saying someone who is very overweight, I assume. I felt he was saying it in a diplomatic fashion?

[freddie_mercury → vertline3]

Okay, I guess I can see that. Would have been clearer if they just said what they meant. I live somewhere (not in America) where having 3 kids and hating kale means you look normal. It isn't some code for "very overweight".

[vertline3 → freddie_mercury]

I think you make a good point, and I think the idea was different body sizes may not be represented.

Also I assumed the gender of the original comment, could be a she, if so, I apologize. I use he in a generic way, but seeing your post you used they.

[seanhandley → vertline3]

You could always skew the image on the horizontal axis if you wanted broader people.

[vertline3 → seanhandley]

It's often said that one should not skew fonts.

But that's beside the point, I was only explaining what I think he was saying.

[coldtea → vertline3]

>It's often said that one should not skew fonts.

Which is neither here not there, as these are not fonts.

[pickpuck → coldtea]

The idea is that distorting images, logos, or text end up with bad proportions, which the original designer did not intend. Scaling an image of a human wider does not create the illusion of being fat.

[vertline3 → coldtea]

Similar idea, fonts and design are hand in hand.