I'm kinda hesitant about making such a sweeping criticism, but I've seen 
this in a lot of images posted here: Personally I don't think the use of 
text in an image can be considered minimalist, particularly not if we're 
talking about anything as complex as an entire 5 syllable word (or a 
digital encoding thereof).

My reasoning is pretty simple: minimalism is all about reduction to the 
simplest possible form, and the letters of the alphabet are elaborate 
and complex from a visual point of view compared to the base forms we 
find in ray-tracing: spheres, boxes, etc.

If you want to use text perhaps present it in a context where text is 
the most minimal form, e.g. on an old-school green on black computer screen.

Obviously you can disagree, but at the very least use a sans-serif font :)

Tek


St. wrote:
> I tried this with no_image on the numbers and reflection 0 on the tile 
> which just left the shadow, but the whole image looked a bit flat
> 
>     Should I stick with this one?
> 
>     ~Steve~
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