I was sitting hunched and spindly at my computer tonight pondering font clash, tracking and kerning, when something suddenly occurred to me… I am seriously deranged when it comes to fonts.
Simply put, I spend entirely too much time thinking about fonts. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve changed the title font on this site, and the body font. About the only thing I’ve been happy with is the beautiful but strong, perfectly smooth and solid curves of the Verdana Bold font that is used in my banner. Now there’s a font for you. You can take all those fancy serifs and stick them right where the sun don’t shine. continue reading
A few months ago, the foggy idea of starting a blog drifted into my mind from somewhere. The first time I became conscious of the idea of blogging, I remember thinking to myself how vane? After visiting a couple of blogs and reading about what Mark had for breakfast, or Sally’s new pair of shoes, I decided it definitely was not for me. Later I discovered not all blogs are so mundane. People had started making tech blogs, travel blogs, photo blogs… any kind of blog you can imagine. The Iraqi war broke out and one guy was blogging from the besieged Baghdad.