Above, Das – Conduct of War, a cool clogged up font by Stephen Faustina.
And here’s a link to some free fonts (below) available thru FontFabric.
And from The Font Feed, here’s a great article on what the deal is with Free Fonts – and why they’re not always totally free.
‘Football and typography may seem like an unlikely pairing, but they’ve been getting along quite well since a while. In 2006 Dalton Maag claimed the team with the best typography won the World Cup.’
Here’s two overviews of World Cup typography: The work of Paul Barnes and the work of Yomar Augusto – over at The FontFeed.
Wheat flower, folic acid
‘A popular rule of thumb among proponents of healthy food is that the fewer ingredients there are in something, better it is for you. With a remarkable 37 or so ingredients, many of which are polysyllabic chemical compounds, Twinkies would seem to embody the antithesis of that rule.’
Photography by Dwight Eschliman. Details about his ’37 or so Ingredients’ project (and book) here.
Plus, check out Steve Ettlinger’s Twinkie Deconstructed.
I like how the beef fat is now labeled ‘animal shortening.’
Riboflavin, iron
Corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup
Vegetable shortening, animal shortening
Monoglyceride, diglyceride
Picked these up at Space Happy in Alameda. They also have a GREAT collection of typographic tsotchkes, cut letters, wood letters, metal letters; cool stuff.
‘You won’t believe how good this tastes!’
On sale right now at Cost Plus, Vosges Bacon Chocolate Bars. Yum!
Found via Jessica Deprez
Early 1960s Cheerios commercial featuring the great Stan Freberg.
Here’s the recipe for Jamie Oliver’s Mad Moroccan Lamb, as prepped by Lauren Soutiere of East Village Kitchen.
(If you’re a herbivore, you might want to stay away from my blog today. Tomorrow will be much safer.)
(Probably want to stay away yesterday too.)
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