Font of all goodness

I freely admit that in some things, I'm a nerd. I'm proud to say that I love, and care about, typography.

So here's a bit of titillation, and a link to IKEAgate. Verdana indeed.

This blog, by the way, uses Georgia. I also love Gill Sans (especially Roman), and would love Johnston Sans (designed for the London Underground). Helvetica, of course, is the most progressive and lovely font outside these two (now a major motion picture). Do you have a favourite typeface?

(By the way, for the purists, I know that the title of this post is inaccurate. Fonts and typefaces aren't the same. But I was desperate for a good pun).

FireFly Letterpress from ilovetypography.com on Vimeo.

I get readers…

Such confused ones! An iPhone user and Richard Thompson fan at Stone Mountain, Georgia. So what? Well, Stone Mountain is famous for two things: being the biggest exposed outcrop of granite in the world (wow), and for having a bas-relief of three American politicians.

Except that: it's not granite, it wouldn't be the biggest exposure of granite anyway, and the carvings are of racist Confederate politicians: Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson. To its shame, the state of Georgia bought the site and helped finish the sculpture, funded also by the KKK and the federal government.

I don't have many readers, but I reckon I can afford to lose this one. So, Bubba, saddle up and git out…