…and trust me – this is bawdy. I would like to apologize to the makers of Fontstruct. They have created a really fun product, and I have abused the power they gave me. In case you aren’t aware, Fontstruct is an online tool used to build simple fonts based on a simple grid structure. NotContinue Reading
–noun 1. Familiar and easy conversation; idle talk; chat; gossip. 2. A trifling away of time; delay; idle loitering. 3. Play; sport; frolic; toying, as in the exchange of caresses; wantonness. 4. The act of trifling, as with something tempting. In honor of the internet, I figured I’d put together this altogether-not-even-close-to-comprehensive list of placesContinue Reading
Subfusc –adjective 1. Of a dark, dull, or somber color. –noun 2. Dark, dull clothing. Learn more about this word at Wordnik.com. Image courtesy of http://www.theratzlaffs.net/history/plenert/
Trifid – (adj) Divided into three parts… a lot like the rule of thirds
And so the two boys sat there on the top of the hill, each of them hoping that the other wouldn’t ask to leave. It had been a long day of playing in the orange grove, hiding from the farmers as they passed by to pick the low hanging fruit. No, neither of them wasContinue Reading
Confession: I’m really not too great at javascript, and I definitely know nothing about how to make api calls. That said, I spent WAY too long today trying to do today’s wordguile using the flickr api, json, and javascript. It was a completely languid process. A Concession So that left me needing a quick fix.Continue Reading
An incunabulum is “the earliest stages or first traces of anything”. I’ve really been itching to design my own typeface for the last few years. Maybe this will be the very first sketch. It would need some serious work but I like the general direction. The secondary, or probably more appropriately, primary meaning of IncunabulumContinue Reading
The Century Dictionary defines aidant as “a helper or aid; an adjuvant or assistant”. Learn more about aidant at Wordnik.com This video was shot with an iPhone 4 and a REALLY makeshift lightbox. I originally planned on having the robot on plain white, but I thought it might be fun for you to see justContinue Reading
Typal 1. Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical. Confession: I worked for a paint-your-own-pottery shop for a few years during university. Next confession: I was never good at it. Ever.
Sorry, I’m running a bit late these days. Learn more about Behindhand at Wordnik.com