Sewing dingbats
Knitting & Sewing Doodles, a dingbat font by Wisconsin-based Rae Kaiser. Available at MyFonts.
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Picking fonts
‘Is there a way to know what fonts will work together? Building a palette is an intuitive process, but expanding a typographic duet to three, four, or even five voices can be daunting.’ –H&FJ
‘how do I pick the right font?’
. . . is the most common question I’m asked in my type courses. And my answers aren’t usually simple. I liken it to picking the right suit, tie and shoes.
What handbag will work best, nail polish, lipstick, gloss or none, which eye liner will simply look great . . .
One learns by doing. [Read more →]
Gaultier’s muses
‘A French twist on American Pop Culture’
Second one this week. Jean Paul Gaultier’s new collection for Target.
Click on the image for videos and more/jump.
FashionFUCK Magazine
‘Boobs, tongues, and a poem by Sappho about some ancient hanky-panky’ –Refinery29
It’s been a wonderful week. Even joined an anti-censorship group on Facebook. But frankly, Fuck Week inevitability has to come to an end. For my last Fuck Week fucking post, I’m including a fucking link to a blurg about the wonderfully irreverent FashionFUCK Magazine.
Great fucking blog too.
And,
If I wasn’t profane enough this week, there are others who take things a lot farther. One example is Northern Ireland’s very own wonder, Crazy Colours. You can follow her on Twitter or Tumblr or read her blog. Great humor, no censor. REAL person.
And btw, that’s not her in the nude pictures in this post. This is her here:
As for me, gonna go wash my mouth for a bit.
Shein
‘Nope, it’s not French Connection United Kingdom. It’s plain and simply Fuck.’ –Between the Cracks magazine
Jewelry by Steven Shein.
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