I have long complained about signage systems in Germany and the locals never believe me. I think this story backs up my claim:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6705323.stm
There’s always something fun — though sometimes plain wierd — and interesting to read on the BBC news website. Among the latest:
“Condoms ‘too big’ for Indian men”
“Sudan man forced to ‘marry’ goat”
“Sudan’s famous […]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6696503.stm
For those who are interested, these are posts that discuss them:
http:blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/10/28/486511.aspx
http:blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/12/13/503236.aspx
It is official. I hate spam. Such a waste of time, and it actually polutes both cyber and real environments. Just make it stop! My mail clients nicely weeds out all the spam but I have to put up with it in the comments section on this blog and it’s really getting tedious. So, I’m […]
Interesting article on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6669569.stm
My cat has mastered a significant part of the alphabet and has her own repertoire of words and sentances. For example:
- miaw: feed me
- mnaw: where have you been? feed me now!
- mnaa: i’m really hungry
- mnawawaw: it’s midnight but i don’t feel like going to bed now, i want to go outside!
- mné: i’m […]
So TypoTechnica was a blast! Below are some pictures.
Meeting on Thursday night. Picture by Carolyn. In the pictures from left to right: Thomas Caldwell, me, Miguel Sousa, and Frank Blokland.
Hermann Zapf chatting with Christian Schwartz, Miguel Sousa, and me.
Linotype colleagues with the TypoTechnica speakers and the guests from the press. I’m the one at the […]
I’ve been asked to post this:
Last call for entries to a greek typeface design contest-exhibition
New extended deadline: 31st of May
In order to capture current trends in the design of greek alphabets, the 3rd International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (http://ictvc.org/)and backpacker (http://www.backpacker.gr/) invite greek and foreign type designers to participate in a typographic exhibition, […]
So today was not like any other day at work. The 50th birthday for Helvetica has spurred lots of interest in type and typography and it seems that we have finally migrated ino mainstream news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6638423.stm
The article talks about Helvetica and today it made headline news on the BBC News website which is a pioneering and […]