Jess 1110 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I don't think it's as bad as some people think either. I don't think it's great, but I do think it's a solid look for an in-house design team. Unfortunately, they were done out of house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA55 39 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I'm a big eyewitness news fan but these graphics are a mess. The 11pm show is also a mess. Everything is "New at 11" or "Developing" or "Breaking News" accompanied by these sweeping graphics coming across the screen. It's too much and it's too sloppy. I am telling you it's enough to make me sample WNBC on some nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I'm a big eyewitness news fan but these graphics are a mess. The 11pm show is also a mess. Everything is "New at 11" or "Developing" or "Breaking News" accompanied by these sweeping graphics coming across the screen. It's too much and it's too sloppy. I am telling you it's enough to make me sample WNBC on some nights. Completely agree. I hate that every story is accompanied by a dumb stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt24 309 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Opens: 10/10 Bug: 0/10 Graphics: 4/10 Station's Graphics as a while: 6/10 I agree with the opens. The opens, I think, are the best part of this package. I wouldn't give the bug a 0, though. Maybe a 2 or a 3. And I agree with some on here that say that the L3s are very CNN-ish. And they aren't that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 340 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I'm a big eyewitness news fan but these graphics are a mess. The 11pm show is also a mess. Everything is "New at 11" or "Developing" or "Breaking News" accompanied by these sweeping graphics coming across the screen. It's too much and it's too sloppy. I am telling you it's enough to make me sample WNBC on some nights. They labeled Bill Ritter's college degree as "breaking news." Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5287 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 They labeled Bill Ritter's college degree as "breaking news." Seriously. Pretty sure that was meant in a satirical sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanchamBro 19 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 well now that rob powers is leavin they will ave to redo 2 opens ha ha If there's anyone to blame, point it at E.W. Scripps and their flagship station WEWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnson 15 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 The style is fine. However, the scaling is all wrong. Even in the analog days, WABC's elements were too big, and now, in the HD era, they still seem to be catering to visually impaired viewers through elements at 150% of the size they need to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 284 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 The style is fine. However, the scaling is all wrong. Even in the analog days, WABC's elements were too big, and now, in the HD era, they still seem to be catering to visually impaired viewers through elements at 150% of the size they need to be. I agree and that's their problem, the scaling is just too big. If they reduced the scale of the fonts that alone would make the graphics so much better. Its little details like that that they should've paid attention to before releasing these graphics. And I agree with wabceyewitness and AA55, the "New at 11" and the rest of those stingers are so annoying. Every story to have that opening stinger is crazy lol. Reminds me of a tabloid broadcast like something that Fox 5 would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANews 8 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Wow so I mean I thought FOX had the worst graphics... and this just in, WABC loves you ARIAL BLACK.... It's ARIAL all around as the font... Just basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 752 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Wow so I mean I thought FOX had the worst graphics... and this just in, WABC loves you ARIAL BLACK.... It's ARIAL all around as the font... Just basic. I totally agree and I actually lauged when I read this... I would expect a font like Arial to be used in a low-level market area.. But in the #1 market?? So tacky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 WABC is actually using Azkidenz Grotesk. It's somewhat similar to Arial - Arial's a weird mashup of it and Helvetica - but it's not the same thing. It's actually fittingly New York, as it was the font used for Subway signage until the 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Block 1494 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 There actually was a station in New York that used Arial for several years — and from what I remember, that look was pretty well-received on here at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 There actually was a station in New York that used Arial for several years — and from what I remember, that look was pretty well-received on here at the time. You're talking about WCBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAnderson1 27 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Last time I checked, WLS in Chicago uses Arial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5287 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Last time I checked, WLS in Chicago uses Arial. Nooooooo. It's Helvetica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 847 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 If we are going to talk fonts you might consider for a research paper on newscast presentation let me throw Times New Roman out there as a great choice both on air and in the classroom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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