Archive for January, 2010

oh my love, my ampersand

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

I’ve been in a honeymoon phase… with the ampersand. It is the most gorgeous and elegant piece of typography I can fathom. It varies from typeface to typeface, with some that resemble the original Roman ligature and others that are more traditionally accepted Carolignian style.  I love them in ways that are all completely justified. I [...]

in melancholy mends

Monday, January 4th, 2010

If you live inside the old graveyard
your skin and bones get kinda hard
you blame it on all of the ones who left you
If you’re in the closet with a broom
why don’t you sweep around the room
make little piles of all the things you don’t understand
But it’s in the mouth it’s in the blood
it’s sweet the [...]