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  1. @jessicahische needs to design a plaid chromatic font.
  2. @dangayle that’s what drop shadows are for.
  3. Arbitrary nut fractions in OpenType: http://www.dunwichtype.com/?p=719
  4. @okayokay Just read it for free on Google Books. Jan is cool like dat.
  5. @okayokay well actually it would have to be kerning and not a negative SB, but it might work.
  6. @okayokay arbitary nut fractions: extra set of figures that either have negative SBs on one side, use an SS to swap for the slash fracs?
  7. Is thinking about using substitutions and stylistic sets to give a font combining fractions and nut fractions.
  8. Crap neon: http://www.dunwichtype.com/?p=714
  9. Obama’s favorite pastor, still lying about his bigotry and political maneuvering: http://bit.ly/4MHlly
  10. @sadproz I’m not sure if you noticed, but Adobe went to shit back in the CS2 days.
  11. Pretty much anything produced by Dr. Dre & Mel-Man is perfect for calibrating a subwoofer.
  12. I thought “Shaun of the Dead” was on HBO, but it’s the Rock and Roll hall of fame concert. Crosby, Stills, Nash and UNNNGGGHH
  13. Rare book porn: http://bit.ly/7L8tGD
  14. A web site is up for Paul Shaw’s great new book “Helvetica and the New York Subway” http://bit.ly/5CM5lQ
  15. Dammit I need to buy paper but I’m afraid to go near stores again till Monday.
  16. Today’s old lettering photo: http://www.dunwichtype.com/?p=712
  17. Bauhaus & Tim Burton @ MoMA made for a great afternoon.
  18. I spent weeks avoiding kerning a typeface that I forgot I had designed to need very little kerning.
  19. I just ate a massive thanksgiving meal and got food poisoning. Pray for me.
  20. @rnkeller users assume font designers are geniuses living in ivory towers and that we do hint everything!