Category Archives: News
New = Work
After the launch of my new portfolio website, I decided I should customize my blog to have a more seamless interaction with it. Well, hundreds of hours later trying to create a WordPress theme from scratch, I’ve launched the new look—which still needs a lot of work. I’ll be updating old posts so they fit [...]
Daphne finally gets an italic
It’s been a long time coming, but Daphne is finally getting an italic. I’ve been making adjustments to the roman and finally had time to work out a preliminary design for the italic. It’s still really rough, but worth posting about. At the portfolio review this last week, a friend of mine asked me to [...]
Weekend Serif
Having a long weekend always does wonders for projects that, during a normal work week, I have no time for. This weekend I was able to get a very preliminary version of a serif I’ve been stewing about for quite some time. It’s a sharp Baskerville, which is fairly well-known for its curves. There are [...]
Graphic Design on Reality TV…Really?
After reading another blog about the upcoming show, I was appalled by the severe lack of design finesse professing to search out America’s top designer. So…I wrote a quick email expressing my distaste. I find it intriguing that a reality show supposedly searching for “America’s Top Graphic Designer” has little concern for how it represents [...]
Isn’t It About Love?
The insightful truths of Keith Olbermann.