Can graphic designers spell?
I constantly misspell designer. Or rather I mistype desigenr. See? I did it again, and that was honestly not intentional. I think that graphic designers are often accused of bad spelling and the reasons are clear. We think visually. It’s not that we can’t spell, or won’t learn how to spell. It’s just that our brains think faster than we can type. How many of you can actually touch type properly? Probably not many. In fact, I made a point of never learning how to touch-type. It was a scheme when I was a junior designer to avoid being seen as a typesetter and being given boring work. I really annoyed a number of employers who didn’t understand what my job role was, but it did the trick. I now type very quickly, but certainly not using all of my fingers and the typos are generally strewn all over the page. Luckily, that’s what spell-checkers are for… It’s amazing how many common misspellings of design there are. Some of my common typos are degnier and desing. And let’s not forget desige
