Archive for the ‘Typography’ Category
Yesterday I noted with dismay that it had taken fewer than 12 hours for my pal Chank’s newest mural to be defaced by taggers. Tagging is pathetic. The ultimate form of mindless self-involvement, it consists simply of painting one’s name or initials ad nauseam on the sides of trains and buildings. Tagging litters our urban […]
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Tags: Banksy, Chank Diesel, Exit Through the Gift Shop, graffiti, Paris graffiti, postaday2011, Shepard Fairey
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One of my favorite things about working with graphic designers is that—from a design standpoint—my copy is inconsequential. In fact, my designer friends would just as soon paste in some “Greek” as they would my carefully crafted prose. Never mind that the Greeked-in copy is actually Latin. Look at a rough layout, and more often […]
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Tags: Bacon Ipsum, Dr. Who, dummy copy, Gangsta Ipsum, graphic design, Greek, Latin, layout, Monty Python, postaday2011, Star Wars, Tuna Ipsum, writing
Typography Tuesday
I can’t believe it’s been almost two years since I last wrote about typography. (If you’re a font geek, you may want to check out my list of common typographic diseases.) Typography is one of my secret obsessions. Maybe it’s because—as a writer—I know that mere words will only get me so far. Words may […]
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Tags: fontplay.com, fonts, postaday2011, typographical diseases, typography
The Peace of Wild Things
“Be here now.” A four-year-old child might be able to write those words, but this 44-year-old woman is still struggling to live by their simple admonition. Over the past few days I’ve been struck by how little control we really have over our lives. Steve and I had plans: We were going to save our […]
Filed under: Friends and family, Minnesota, Photography, Psychology, Random thoughts, Typography | 2 Comments
Tags: birdwatching, fontplay, meditation, Photography, poetry, postaday2011, The Peace of Wild Things, typography, Wendell Berry, writing, zen
MyFonts.com released its monthly newsletter today—and perhaps predictably, a look back at the top fonts of 2010. Some of them were fanciful … … while others were clean and spare … A couple felt nostalgic … … while two others were decidedly hand-drawn and modern: But what struck me about the top fonts, as a […]
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Tags: MyFonts.com, postaday2011, Rising Stars, top fonts 2010, typography
A rose by any other name
Today I had lunch with my friend Tom (aka., The Blogfodder). I admire Tom tremendously. He’s brilliant and cultured, but he’s also practical and down-to-earth. He’s kind and generous, yet he keeps me honest. And above all, he has a wicked sense of humor. We laughed at the goofy dish names as we perused the […]
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Tags: branding, font, foundry, marketing, MyFonts, naming, Rising Stars, Shakespeare
