I’ve gone off on illegible demonstration signs and General Assembly banners before (see the old article for other resource links) but reading the headline immigration story at UUA.org today reminds me how miserable the state of this essential democratic handicraft is. Scrawling a Sharpie on poster board doesn’t cut it. On the other hand, perhaps… Continue reading If you’re demonstrating, carry a sign you can read
Category: Design and typography
Thank you Jane Jacobs
I had two articles in the hopper: the third anniversary of this blog and one slated for nine days from now — “Happy 90th Birthday, Jane Jacobs” to celebrate her inspiring work for healing and building big cities. Jacobs, author of such pivotal works as The Death and Life of Great American Cities, died today.… Continue reading Thank you Jane Jacobs
Alternative banner pole for GA?
Environmentally speaking, PVC is not a good product, but nevertheless each year at General Assembly hundreds of banner carriers process in the opening ceremony carrying banner poles made of PVC pipe. Since they’re cheap and easy to make (but quite bulky) I have to think that relatively few make it home for reuse. And it… Continue reading Alternative banner pole for GA?
More typefaces to consider
This is for you, PeaceBang. I use the typefaces released under a liberal license by Bitstream, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, almost every day. These include the Bitstream Vera family (look past the Mono series for church pubs) and Bitstream Charter. All are robust enough to stand up to laser printer and photocopying, which would shatter the… Continue reading More typefaces to consider
Two delightful typefaces for your church newsletter
When it comes to techy stuff, I have the attention span of a hummingbird. After begging off the advanced typesetting TeX, LaTeX, etc. software systems in January, a comment by Dan Harper has me trying to learn it all over again. This time I’m actually reading the tutorials and doing the exercises rather than doing… Continue reading Two delightful typefaces for your church newsletter
OK, another one for the FuglyChalice
UUpdater and bunch of others have continued to comment at ChaliceBlog largely in regard to the graphic (de)merits of the new UUA chalice logo. The thrust of the comments made me think of a certain other religious emblem. Squint. Is it just me? Luther Rose
Bruderhof books
2010: Use this link for the Leaving Muenster blog post — goodness, it was a great blog and I do miss it — and this one for the Bruderhof books. The following I’ll keep as I originally wrote it. I wrote a couple of days ago about the Bruderhof sites being taken down. Graham Old,… Continue reading Bruderhof books
Publish and perish
The combination of a small professional college and the allure of the printed word has a strange effect on Unitarian Universalists: a writer can adopt a good reputation (or bury a bad one) by getting books published. It is a dire shame there are so many sloppy works out there, by which I include substance… Continue reading Publish and perish
Fighting Lombards!?
Adam refers to the “fighting Lombards” of Meadville/Lombard, his M.Div. alma mater. I conclude the allusion is to the Germanic nation rather than the former students of the college, formerly of Galesburg, Ill., which gives M/L its Universalist heritage. I’m thinking intermural sports teams? (Though I think the Episcopal seminaries have the best intermural championship… Continue reading Fighting Lombards!?
The $10 flaming chalice
Time to get back into blogging, bit by bit. Last night, Hubby and I were at that font of “I’m not sure I like it, but isn’t it well designed,” a.k.a. IKEA. As y’all know, I think the flaming chalice, though not bad, is an uninspiring and increasingly amorphous emblem. Also, some of the commissioned… Continue reading The $10 flaming chalice