25 de marzo de 2011

“Imagine that everything you are typing is being read by the person you are applying to for your first job. ... Imagine that it’s all going to be seen by your parents and your grandparents and your grandchildren as well.”

Sir Tim Berners-Lee (source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7299875.stm)



"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." Anais Nin

21 de marzo de 2011

typeface fun

The other day I sat down and inspected the contents of a typewriter repairman's case. There was also a small paper bag with "SPENCERIAN SCRIPT" written on it. What wasn't my surprise to find a (to my knowledge) complete set of typeslugs which had never been used. With a blue inkpad at hand I printed them on paper - manual labour in times of computing.






  Success! With the full typeface on paper, I proceeded to photoshop the page, putting the letters in alphabetical order and aligning them. A cumbersome process, but finally the thing was ready for upload and conversion into a typewriter computer font with yourfonts.com. 
The result is ok, I think. You can download it for free here.

10 de marzo de 2011

Carnival in Switzerland

Carnival in Lucerne - (c) Alfred R. Wepf
 It's a great Hermes type-in at the famous Lucerne "fasnacht" carnival 2011.