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#2024reads #nonfiction

I read this a few months back, at times this was a touch dry but the examples and illustrations included made this an easier, fun read.

Keith Houston throws in many facts and trivia of 11 typography symbols, at times this is a touch overwhelming but at the same time fascinating. One of these is how the ampersand used to be the 27th letter of the English alphabet. I‘m still grappling with this one.

Translucent sticky notes are my latest obsession: highlighting and annotating without actually marking up the book, while still being able to see the words underneath.

“As an institutionalized metaphor for all that is right in the world—the intersection of heaven and earth made manifest in every object it governs—the grid has also been imbued with an explicitly spiritual quality.”

Kind of intense lol

Focusing on design now with my nonfiction read. I‘m excited to go through this workshop and hopefully get some practice in.

This was an interesting book about symbols we use in writing, their history from handwritten manuscripts to modern printing, and further changes with online text. I especially enjoyed the chapters on the pilcrow, octothorpe, and manicule, all of which I also think qualify as weird words. I was not as interested in the discussion of irony and sarcasm and attempts to identify them in print.

#nonfiction #audiobook
#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

Finished the ABC Title Challenge. I might have bent the rules a bit for the letter X, but can you blame me?

Oh my lord, this was FASCINATING, I didn't want to stop reading!
What begins as a story of Carolyn Porter designing a new font (I LOVE when a book includes information about the typeface, so this filled my geeky heart with joy), builds into a tale of deep-dive genealogical research, a forgotten part of French WWII history, and a beautiful story of familial love. Loved it.

A new design book, specifically a workshop book. I‘ve been feeling a little uninspired lately, hoping this might inspire a new project for my portfolio.

Just released our first episode of the new year! We revel in the books we received as Christmas gifts, talk about technology, and review The Shop Around the Corner and A Holiday Affair. We touch on other stuff too but you'll have to listen in order to hear those gems.

Also! Mugs like the one pictured are available to new Patrons. Shoot me a message for more details.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6V7R16ZTfViudmIUjkznhJ

Real and true experiments have a purpose: they serve research, they are the means to find the truth and lead to evidence and proof. In themselves, experiments are not art.
“The Importance of Tradition”, page 31.