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Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Font Friday: Planet Benson

12.19.2008 · Posted in Design

  What a fun, funky font. It’s got some graffiti flair to it, and I am in love with that lower-case t. This is a font where the miniscule and majuscule are the same.      ...

Font Friday: Lethargic

11.28.2008 · Posted in Design

I don’t think this font name accurately reflects the font. The spacing is too even, the lines, too predictable. When I feel lethargic, I am one hot mess sprawled on the couch with a candy bar in one hand, dirty dishes in the sink and laundry, piled as far as one can see. That’s not ...

Font Friday: The Return – Texas Funeral

11.07.2008 · Posted in Design

As this historic week has brought a needed end to 8 years of reign by Mr. George W. Bush, I thought the Texas Funeral font provides a nice metaphor. This is the font that I imagine appears in the thought bubbles over his head, spelling out sentences like “What country do we have to invade, again?” ...

Font Friday: Font Hero

10.03.2008 · Posted in Design

I Love Typography is a site that needs little explanation. Just bookmark it and read its brilliance. I confine myself to visiting it just once a week because it is such a gigantic time-suck. ...

Font Friday: Seventy

09.26.2008 · Posted in Design

    The Seventy font looks like a frail, delicate creature – one with wacky serifs and a hint of blockiness.         I think this font would make for a good choice for a formal invitation or save the date card. It’s one that’s going into my “go to” fonts file. Yes, I actually have a folder called “fonts ...