Compiling a list of acknowledgements for my book and getting… unexpectedly emotional? So many great people who’ve generously helped me, and on so many levels, too. Thank you.
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(I know I haven’t updated this thread in a while, but I’ve been spending last many months working on the visual side of the book. It’s hard to talk about it and not show anything – but showing things would be spoiling things!
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Still, I have So Many Great Photos for the book. I’m really excited for you to see them. And this part of the work should be finally done within weeks… and then the next newsletter comes!)
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After some encouragement – here are four spreads. There are hundreds more. :·)pic.twitter.com/2KGBjba7Ng
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The sticky wall is back! Now tracking finalizing the visuals for each chapter. (Green sticky instead of pink in the first column.) Each chapter is ~90% done, so it’ll happen pretty quickly. Two so far!pic.twitter.com/0k45VeJnyG
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Almost didn’t go to
@TypeThursdaySF this week (tired), but so glad I did: someone presented a fascinating project where a typewriter was modified to simplify its letterforms and then create semigraphics-like art. It was so good. I have never seen anything like this before.pic.twitter.com/AdAUGKIEWZ
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The book pile isn’t growing as quickly as it used to (which makes sense), but it’s still growing!pic.twitter.com/L1puePJgPF
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(Note the sign that I made at a sign-making/lettering class five years ago – the book not even an idea yet – which became something of a secret motto/rallying cry.)pic.twitter.com/7UnznvqQpn
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Had a little collaborative Figma/Zoom session yesterday with my good friend
@sall to figure out the section breaks in my book. If you’ve seen them done elsewhere or have favourite treatments, please let me know!pic.twitter.com/UGMWT9QfzP4 replies 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
In Visions I've used a bunch of different treatments (drawing, icon, abstract...) but always centred (like an asterism). I can suggest looking at Warnock, Chaparral and Minion for some nice decorative glyphs.pic.twitter.com/OqCO8uydOU
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Thanks! They’re too decorative/old-school for this book (which has more of a “mechanical” vibe).
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Alas. We were thinking of something typewriter-y/keyboard-y, but no obvious shapes came to mind – with the exception of variants of ⮐ (plus, the “rewind” glyph was one of them, lifted from an old Selectric).
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Yes, I think that return symbol is my favourite of the bunch. It works thematically and it’s not too twee (and can be used in the margin to save a bit of space!)
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