I wont to create my OWN font!
I couldn’t help it, I know, that was an absolutely terrible word play. I should be ashamed…and I would be, if not for the fact that I know my sense of humor can and has done much worse.
I was reading the ilovetypography blog this morning, and they have a few articles on creating your own font. I think I am going to give this a shot – I love drawing, fonts and words – what’s not to love about putting them all together?! Well, I can answer that – the expensive font developing software programs one must buy. So I think I will create my own font that no one else can use because it won’t be a font, it will just be a bunch of Illustrator drawings. Okay, you can use it too. I just really love the idea of creating your own font, then making a poster with it…it’s art, words, and a message on potentially so many layers.
I’m not sure if you follow ilovetypography as fanatically as I do, but here is something I know you will appreciate: the Font Police! This is a blog devoted to bad use of fonts, improper typesetting, and just some general abuses of signage. Finally, a way for me to punish that stupid store downtown that has a sign out front in some godawful version of curlz that says: Fantasys’ Jewel’s. I mean, seriously, I don’t even know what they are trying to sell in there, it could be baby seal pelts, I simply cannot get past the horrible font (which you can’t see, obviously, in this post) or the bizarre use of apostrophes.
Lastly, here is an interesting notebook company. You subscribe to their Field Notes collection, and receive 10 three-packs, in assorted colors, of their fine notebooks, in graph, ruled or mixed. Lovely and functional! They had me with the graph paper option, but the little color wheel in their logo sealed the deal.
Carmen is discussing. 
Carmen 6:05 pm on September 26, 2009 Permalink
Ok, I think we both agree that your word play doesn’t make any sense, but its ok, we can still be friends.
I looked at all the links, I like the Field Notes the best. I have a thing for notebooks, just like you I assume. I went through the ordering process to get the three different versions of the Notes and then it told me I would have to pay $5.50 for shipping (when the 3 pack of Notes is only $9.50), suddenly I couldn’t stand the thought of paying that much for shipping. I think I’m spoiled from Amazon Prime (i love it!). So, it ended there. But I admit they are very pretty and I want some.