Finally, my second book is out:
Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours: How to Feel Good About Canadian English

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   (2005.07.14)

Listen, when I worked as a typesetter we never permitted letters to touch. What were we, Lubalin?

Green billboard for Heineken reads ‘Flirt in another language,’ with the rt letters touching
   (2005.07.14)

I took this picture and I can’t figure it out.

Building and tree branches reflect in store window that shows a Hindi-looking character and an s
   (2005.07.12)

A test of a standards-compliant E-commerce site with screen-reader users showed that someone using Jaws 4.1 could accomplish *none* of the tasks being tested

   (2005.07.12)

I keep finding these strange multigeneration signs downtown, with ancient hand-lettering “augmented” by latter-day off-the-shelf Helvetica or equivalent.

Carved sign in the shape of a shield reads Maitland Arms Apts. in script, with hand-lettered 110 MAITLAND ST. and Helvetica Condensed insert reading ONE BEDROOM AVAILABLE
   (2005.07.12)

I want to know more about uncial type. I believe Michael Everson could tell me a lot about it, yet I fear him.

Blue book is entitled ‘Marks & Monograms on Pottery & Porcelain’ in commoncase uncial type
   (2005.07.12)

Yet more blackletter.

Overlaid white, red, black, and teal blackletter type on a yellow background reads Group of Seven Deadly Sins

Someday if I buy a scanner I can show you some samples from this ancient Dutch book I have, which Matthew Carter found interesting for a few seconds.

   (2005.07.12)
Doorway is flanked by torches and the number 59. Above the doorway sits a banner reading Fiftynine in Belwe Condensed
   (2005.07.12)

Nobody else bothered to look up Bloomberg’s official proclamation of Type Week in New York, so I did

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