Before I forget . . .

. . . I wanted to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and (or _insert appropriate holiday_) Happy New Year. (I can't believe another year has blown past so quickly!) We all might not share the same traditions, but this time of year represents a special renewal of spirit for all of us, I think. We can agree that it is good to share of ourselves and allow all positivity to thrive within us. I wish for all of you to feel of that spirit.

P22 Cezanne in use

Why isn't there a site—or if there is please point me toward it—which features great design AND the typefaces used?

Cezanne is quite ubiquitous at this point, I thought by simply poking around a few portfolios I'd come across some good design using it. But, it just hasn't happened. Can anyone help a girl out?

I'm going to camp...Type Camp.

I finally have something really great to share in my blog here on Typophile! This year I've been invited to participate as an instructor at Type Camp. This opportunity is a return to something I Iove, teaching, and I get to do it with 2 people whom I greatly admire, Dr. Shelley Gruendler and Dyana Weissman.

Another gift idea for this year

Well, Google isn't my friend today because I can't find the thread this really belongs. But, if you have a designer or typographer in your life that loves posters you might consider International Poster. They have prices that are somewhat affordable and could certainly be considered an investment. Gifts from $20 to $200. They also have a nice little selection of books in regards to the topic!

Type Humor

An associate sent these to me. They are non-type people but thought I'd laugh. They tell me I'm a type snob. I did laugh.

Grab the file from here (Large PDF 2.2 Mb)

Must Reads

AdVerbatims

< a href="http://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/archives/2006/08/31/how-to-have-better-conversations/">"How to have better conversations."

"How to Find Your Creative Zen."

"Why Work?"

"Focusing on What Matters and Ignoring What Does Not."

Perpetua and Felicity: Need a scan

Does anyone here have access to the Fleuron? Does anyone have Fleuron Number 4? (I believe that is the right issue.) I am desperate for some information. Gah!! I went through all of my notes and cannot find any from my research on Perpetua. (This doesn't surprise me as I did lose over 3 boxes worth of my life when I shipped it back to me.) From what I recall of the article did have samples of the roman and the sloped roman, respectively Perpetua and Felicity. Any assistance for this beggar will be very much appreciated.

(Metal) Type For Sale

This just came to my inbox. I thought I'd share it with ya'll.

WILLIAM DAILEY

8216 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046
213 300 4410 fax: 323.658.1170
William [at] Daileyrarebooks.com

TYPE FOR SALE October 2006

NB: Type in neat oak drawers unless noted by code:
G = on gallie; B = in small Lyons boxes (can be shipped)
2/3 = triple cap case requiring fonting
Subject to prior sale; all orders FOB Los Angeles

Abbey Text (black) 18 24 30 (Western Foundry) 2/3 $ 150.
Adastra Royal 24 2/3 $75.
Adastra Royal 36 (V, p, q damaged) $50.
Albertus (titling) 48 $100.
Anglo-Saxon (black letter) 48 2/3 $200.

Using scripts for dummies

As we all know by now, TypeCon2006 is right around the corner. I'm busy helping with last minute preparation and found myself in need of a script to put cropmarks around oodles of images. I'm too lazy to draw them, didn't really have time to do it, so I started to look. But, then I remembered that Miguel (Sousa) had pointed us toward some very handy scripts on another thread here at Typophile. I probably saved myself about 4 hours in using this script.

FontExplorer X: Workaround Discovered

I love FEX. So, this is in no way shape or form to become a rant of any sort. What I'm about to say might boggle the minds of some of you. However, I am hoping to help some others.

I found that FEX saw duplicates of some of my fonts when I know darn well there weren't any. In a last bit of desperation I tried activating the family. Well, of course, it saw some as already active, but when I skipped all the rest of the messages it still ends up with a complete set of active fonts. I can make it happen with the Helvetica family:

So after activating them, I simply selected those activated fonts, dragged them out (exported them), removed the font from FEX, cleaned the manage folder, quit FEX, emptied the trash, restarted FEX, and imported the newly created set from the desktop. All is right with the world now.