Archive for December 2005

Full Stop    (2005.12.30)

The line between the right and wrong kinds of tacky is too easily crossed with everyone’s favourite novelty font, Cooper Black.

But if it’s a “novelty” font, why does it continue to be used decades later, sometimes well? I actually like this sign.

Night of the long ſ    (2005.12.27)

Using the German long s ſ to label dealcoholized wine is like using a yogh ȝ or a thorn þ to label an iPod.

Great to look at nonetheless. I wonder what font they use for the barcode?

Merry Christmas!    (2005.12.25)

Merry Christmas (from me, Ian, and Rocket, not that we’re ‘together’)

Cuteageddon    (2005.12.23)

‘An adorable, orgasmic, apocalypticish moment of cuteness that leaves no “aww” unawwed’

De-voured    (2005.12.22)

Actual headline in the printed and downloadable-PDF versions of the commuter tabloid 24 [H]ours:

Proofread much?

The loneliest motorcycle    (2005.12.21)

Dirt bike or snow bike?

Georgia’s finest, apparently    (2005.12.20)

Don’t you just love those contour or shaded fonts?

Blog (short for ‘Web log’) of the year    (2005.12.18)

…is Hanzi Smatter

Trompe-l’œil    (2005.12.17)