a case, showing one full alphabet of a particular font and sizeletterpress - the type lead smells soft, feels dense, yet chalky on the fingertips an alloy stronger than pure lead meltable, moldable when it scratches or gets damaged thrown into the hell box returned to the foundry recast into new type
So beautiful! I had a modern day experience of working with a font...all digital in the last couple of days. I was designing a new tattoo. It led me down a rabbit hole looking for the right font. I happened upon the title font for Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, and found out that the font used was called Safari. It was designed in the 1950s but sadly never digitized, so I couldn't just download it. But because of the design tools that exist today (Adobe Creative) and the skills I've learned, I was able to create a digitized version of the letters I needed. I'm going to go ahead and do the rest of them, just so I have it on hand. Not the same as having a ready font, but fun as a resource. It was a joyful, engaging project. And WTWTA is one of my favorite childhood books. xo
My sleeping is now bi-modal. Fall asleep at 9:30 p.m., up somewhere between 11:30 and 1 or an hour and a quarter, toddle back to bed until 5:40. I love writing in the still of the night.
So beautiful! I had a modern day experience of working with a font...all digital in the last couple of days. I was designing a new tattoo. It led me down a rabbit hole looking for the right font. I happened upon the title font for Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, and found out that the font used was called Safari. It was designed in the 1950s but sadly never digitized, so I couldn't just download it. But because of the design tools that exist today (Adobe Creative) and the skills I've learned, I was able to create a digitized version of the letters I needed. I'm going to go ahead and do the rest of them, just so I have it on hand. Not the same as having a ready font, but fun as a resource. It was a joyful, engaging project. And WTWTA is one of my favorite childhood books. xo
Wow! You go, girl. WTWTA was one of my son's favorite childhood books!
You are so singing my song! I love joining you on your adventures in printing! Would that we could all be so easily recast into new type!
would that we could!
My sleeping is now bi-modal. Fall asleep at 9:30 p.m., up somewhere between 11:30 and 1 or an hour and a quarter, toddle back to bed until 5:40. I love writing in the still of the night.