Favorite type designer Mark Simonson has some written a series about the use and misuse of typography on TV and in movies, under the collective title Son of typecasting.
The last piece is about the type in favorite TV-series Mad Men.
See also his first article on the subject: Typecasting: The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies, and while you at it – take a look at his typefaces.
This is the one of the most bizarre foundry ornaments I've ever seen.
Pick from "98. Drunk Bear" or "99. Scornful Bear"
From the Dan X. Solo collection.
Ever wanted to get a hold of that "no-so easily-accessible-glyphs" right away when typing? My friends Mattias and Peter over at Konst & Teknik has together with Martin (who's helping me with the new Fountain site) released a little site to help us out. It even includes an interrobang.
"Iogonek.Traditional" from Lars Bergquist's "Paracelsus C" :
This is what I see in my head before I fall asleep – little egoneks chasing me.
If there's a word to describe this summer it would be – Ogonek!
When converting the old Fountain fonts to OT Pro we realised that even though there was an ogonek in the encoding set, it had never been used in combination with another glyph. Thus, we've had to re-design most of them to make them fit properly.
One of them I had real problem with, but today it feels like we "nailed that tail".
This is the "Aogonek" in Gábor Kóthay's Dessau Pro – Plakat:
Finally!
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Mmmm.....Peerless Tonemaster Custom
After a long wait – last week my new guitar finally arrived.
"Mmmm....Peerless Tonemaster Custom"
September 17, 2008 in Commentary, Facts, Fun, Musica | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)