‘comic books that use typography in place of imagery as the primary method of storytelling’
James Pannafino is working on producing a unique type-only comic book and is seeking funding thru Kickstarter. Website/more details here.
Found via James Saturnio
“Many new parents have overblown physical reactions to spitting up, vomiting, and other things a baby does,” says Leon Hoffman, MD, director of the Pacella Parent Child Center in New York. ”And the baby picks up on that anxiety.”
“We, as parents, think our job is to make sure the baby is not crying,” says pediatric nurse Jennifer Walker, RN. “That’s because we associate crying with the fact that we are doing something wrong and we need to fix it,” she says. “Babies are designed to cry. They can be perfectly diapered and fed and still cry like you are pulling an arm off.” Because that’s the way babies communicate. It doesn’t mean you can’t console or cuddle them.
For the most part, crying is just part of being a baby. But if your infant is inconsolable for an hour and has a fever, rash, vomiting, a swollen belly, or anything else unusual, call your pediatrician as soon as possible. You know your baby best. If you think something isn’t right, always check with your doctor.
“Breastfed babies can — and should — sleep through the night,” Walker says. ”But there’s a common misconception that breast milk is not thick enough to get an infant through the night. But it is possible and beneficial for breastfed babies — and their moms — to sleep through the night.”
Walker says, “The difference [between spit-up and vomit] is frequency, not forcefulness. Spit-up can absolutely fly across the room.” But vomiting is all about frequency. “If your baby is vomiting with a gastrointestinal virus,” she says, “it will come every 30 or 45 minutes regardless of feeding.” Spit-up, on the other hand, is usually related to feeding.
“Any fever over 100.4 rectally in the first 3 months of a baby’s life is an emergency,” Walker says. The one exception is a fever that develops within 24 hours after an infant’s first set of immunizations.
“Some parents may just say ‘he feels warm’ and give the baby Tylenol,” Walker says. “But that’s a parenting mistake in this age group. An infant’s immune system is not set up to handle an infection on its own.”
My wife is a Scrabble phenom. And one of her hush-hush strategies is the legal two letter words one can use in play.
For one of my specimens for my Chandler 42 fonts (above), she created a connected word chart listing these and a few others.
How are you going to decorate your jail cell?
Found via Brian Hoff, via Frank Chimero, GOOD magazine
Lonesome Road: Dean Elliott & His Big Band
Birds absolutely LOVE Dean Elliot‘s 1962 track, Lonesome Road. Cluck always sings along.
Photos by mehallo
‘Either they all use the same newspaper, or all these shows take place on the same exact day . . . which kind of makes my head hurt.’
Click to view larger/jump.
Found via Hoefler+Frere-Jones, The High Definite
Typography is everywhere.
And inspired by sfgirlbybay, here’s a way to have fun with type today.
Just type the word ‘type’ into Flickr’s search engine.
See what pops up. Enjoy the show.
Specimen of type from the a Mano/Dean wood type collection
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