Archive for category: Typography

Case in comix    (2007.06.03)

S. McCloud, in Making Comics, gives reasons to use or not use all caps in comic-book lettering

OCAD grad show 2007    (2007.05.13)

Notes from the exhibit of graduates’ work at the Ontario College of Art & Design

Hel·fornicating·vetica    (2007.04.22)

Yes, I have seen ‘Helvetica.’ Who wants to touch me?

And these are the people telling you where the fire exit is    (2007.04.11)

This is what happens when the Society for Environmental Graphic Design renegs on an agreement: I blow the whistle

Why em dashes don’t work    (2007.04.07)

‘Issy Sharp’s five-star,
platinum-plated
exquisitely tasteful—
and Saudi prince–
endorsed—quest for world domination*’

Converting an iPod to heavy-metal umlaut    (2007.04.05)

A Month of Subways    (2007.03.31)

All through April 2007 on my Flickr, I’ll be posting one photo per day of signage from the TTC that is ‘interesting’ in some way, usually because it’s awful

Erecting a façade    (2007.03.24)

How to waste $60,000 “beautifying” subway entrances

True prime    (2007.03.14)

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