I can't think of anything to blog about. It is strange that I have this need to blog something, to blog about this and blog about that – blog blog blog. Gotta keep the people happy, therefore I blog.
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TypeCon! Yes, there is something to blog a bit about. [mmm, say that really fast] Planning is under way for the festive typographic event next month – I have signed up for two workshops that I am very excited, I mean x-heighted about. [yeh so this post may be similar to tricky's] I am taking a half-day workshop with John Downer on Script Lettering in the era of showcards: "Showcard writing, once a flourishing trade in the days of vaudeville … John will bring several styles back to life in this rare reappearance of elegant lettering from the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and '50s."
I will also be attending a workshop on Digital type and typography for letterpress: "This workshop will look at digital type and typography, and the photopolymer plates often used to print from electronically generated copy … We'll compare text printed letterpress from hot metal type with their digital versions printed from photopolymer plates. In this context, we will discuss fonts that are better suited for letterpress use, and consider makeready/presswork issues with photopolymer plates, such as ink squeeze, paper, and depth of impression. Finally, we'll consider fine-tuning font designs for letterpress use." Very exciting stuff – I am SO ready to LEARN, I have never been filled with such anticipation for absorbing knowledge and of course rubbing shoulders. And well I can't forget about the cocktail party and the schmoozing party and then the party at Sumner Stone's Alphabet Ranch somewhere in a valley where we get to take a shuttle, cause like, we can't drive after that much typographic boozing. Huzzah!