November 2009
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Mad Men, Mad Props →
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Great article by Mark Simonson on the use of typefaces on Mad Men:
The show starts out with stylish opening titles featuring glimpses of real ads from the period—and a clinker: What’s Lucida Handwriting (1992) doing here? I usually consider the titles to be outside the world of the story, but considering all the period cues in these titles, this typeface, which was designed...
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The Beatles never broke up in a parallel Earth →
The Beatles’ unreleased “Everyday Chemistry” album, recorded after the break-up, and how a tape recording of it was furtively recovered from a house in a parallel Earth. An entertaining must read story and download!
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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the people to gather wood, divide the...”
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