Student and Caslon g from my Spring typography course [artnm 303] at American River College, Sacramento.
Class starts up again this Friday August 28, 2010. Waiting list is full. Can’t teach everyone.
It’s gonna be an unavoidable ‘that teacher’s an asshole’ session.
Self portrait by Samantha Costanilla
This past Sunday night there was an incredible TypeCon party at at the International Printing Museum in Carson, California – I’ll have photos in a later post.
And in the background of the tinkering of machinery (and grilling of some incredible, Southern California tacos) was the music of longtime friend, DJ (and graphic designer) SeventhSwami.
Download some of Swami’s free mixes here.
Blog here. Debut album (pictured above) also available.
SeventhSwami: Praise and War Ship
New type concept: The ‘hy’ typographic ligature. Developed by former student Holly Rabayda-Wickland.
Pages from Recueil d’Alphabets à Dessiner by René Henry Munsch (1951).
More here.
Found via Biggest Apple
‘Hand sprinkled cinnamon’
Snapshot by student Rikki Morehouse. She went thru several cups of coffee til she got them serifs right.
(Hedline written by former student Devon Cloutier)
Butterbeer: A heavy, butterscotch soda. Can be made with alcohol too. Here’s a basic recipe.
And here’s some alternates.
Photos via fuckyeahemmawatson; Food Network
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