Archive for March 2007

Arnold Dingböck    (2007.03.22)

Total sale    (2007.03.20)

Palatina’s    (2007.03.17)

One of my snobberies concerns true and accurate Palatinos.

But really, Zapf has drawn or authorized so many variations that trueness and accuracy are relative terms. This does not mean I have to like the default versions installed on computers.

Mac sense    (2007.03.16)

But almost no nonsense

More griping about the TTC Web site    (2007.03.16)

Or, more accurately, about TransitCity.CA

Three hours tops    (2007.03.16)

We are getting a mere three hours to tour Bay Lower station during Doors Open, but it will be free

Branding with type (St. James Town edition)    (2007.03.16)

I don’t know where to begin with this one, given its mishmash of el-cheapo jumbo Arial, delicate Optima subheds, and extremely superklassy faux-marquee. (Do you really think parking is ever worth $20,000 anywhere outside Japan?)

This development, by the way, is half a block down the street from the fantastically overdense and troubled St. James Town, and right across from the Food Basics.

The tragedy of today’s Kramer    (2007.03.15)

Can somebody tell Larry Kramer to shut the fuck up?

True prime    (2007.03.14)

Web typography sucks, apparently. But ‘ and ” are not ′ and ″