David Brezina, one of my classmates from Reading, launches his new website.
RIP Owning Music
RIP Owning Music, a look at the value of music and the potential impact of last.fm
Ornamental Typography
Ornamental typography, something we don’t see as much of in this digital era.
Rules
Rules. “Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.”
Typesites
Typesites, website reviews that focus on the use of typography
Why does it still take so long to publish a book?
History of Visual Communication
The History of Visual Communication. Haven’t been all the way through this yet, but it looks like a decent starting point.
On being funny
Steve Martin on being funny. “What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension and never released it? What if I headed for a climax, but all I delivered was an anticlimax? What would the audience do with all that tension? “
A brief history of Esszett and Long s
Esszett or ß and Long s, two character essays from James Mosley.
Trajan, the movie font
50 Years of Wisdom
New Glasses
These are the new glasses, that I picked up on Friday afternoon. The frames are by Oxydo, an Italian company with very little in terms of a website.
I needed something to replace my previous pair, they were about six years old and rather mangled. I wear contacts most of the time, but use glasses at night or when my eyes are tired.