Dino dos Santos Jul 2, 08, 7:35 a.m.

There's a website that shows some of his fonts, and it isn't dstype.com (his foundry's site). Any ideas? Can't seem to find it in my links or on Google. I was specifically looking for design information on Glosa, dstype isn't very informative.

thx,
gramme

Where do you get... Jun 30, 08, 3:20 p.m.

Decent pixel fonts. I'm a print guy for the most part, so the usual suspects are not much help here.

We are redesigning our website. Need something that works well at small sizes in Flash, and preferably plays well with Gotham and Bembo.

THANKS.

I know the pieces fit Jun 24, 08, 1:13 p.m.

'Cause I watched them fall away. Mildewed and smoldering, fundamental differing. Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion. Disintegrating as it grows, crippling our communication.

Screening spot colors Jun 10, 08, 3:23 p.m.

What do you think about, if done moderately and using a decent line screen?

Critique Please May 27, 08, 10:10 a.m.

Logo for my church. The name is Twin Oaks Presbyterian Church. We're fairly traditional, suburban but with a growing number of young people like myself.

http://metagramme.com/TOPC_MS_pr…

cheers,
gramme

Working over the weekend May 23, 08, 3:19 p.m.

All because of grasping, greedy, melodramatic bureaucrats. Happy birthday to me. This style guide would've been done and delivered months ago otherwise. Oh, and a buddy from back home is in town. Haven't seen him since I got married.

Friend: "Wanna go get beers?"
Me: "Nah, I've gotta overhaul a 50 page style guide. By Monday night. So...find some way to entertain yourself. I'll be keeping this desk warm for a while. Oh and welcome to St. Louis."

:|

Typeface suggestions pls May 12, 08, 11:28 a.m.

I am FINALLY starting to work on the new identity for my church, after talking about it for a year. We're Presbyterian, orthodox, and fairly traditional, but very involved in the local community. There is a growing number of young people like myself, so it feels less stuffy and buttoned-up these days.

Would like to gather some typographic suggestions. I'm liking fonts that have a 17th–18th. c. feel to them, like something you might find in an old Scottish or Dutch book. Also working with some more contemporary American options. Have been using Mercury, Caslon, Benton, Minion, Gotham & Trade Gothic. I'm avoiding fonts that feel very Italian or French like Bembo, Jenson or Garamond. I think Trajan works for some of the directions I'm taking, but I'm SICK of seeing it everywhere. I've been eyeing Penumbra as a possibility.

I feel like I need more options. Suggestions please, and thanks billions.

It's a Boy!! May 9, 08, 12:33 p.m.

All 5 limbs are present and accounted for.

:D

Senior Thesis Apr 17, 08, 2:34 p.m.

Regardless of your stance on abortion, I think we can all agree that this is twisted and horrific:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2…

This does not communicate Mar 20, 08, 3:06 p.m.

what's that site that has the stickers. Cannae find it in the filter.

shanks, gramme-pa

Rant Mar 19, 08, 10:23 a.m.

So we designed this print campaign for our biggest client. It's a 107 page book and six brochures, all of which come slipcased in a kit. Total beauty piece – gorgeous photos, intricate illustrations, good writing and typography, several different cool papers throughout. My boss and I worked super hard on this over the course of about 4 months, and I spent many late, almost sleepless nights making sure it was as close to perfect as possible. The week before the press check I worked maybe 100 hours. The printer, one of the best in the country, totally dropped the ball on this one. For some reason, the book is about a quarter inch shorter than it should be, so now it's a different size than the accompanying brochures. It now flops around in the slipcase that was engineered for an exact 6 x 9 fit, since the books are too short. This also messes up our layout. The printer also fattened the type waay too much, b/c they were concerned it wouldn't hold up on press. They forgot to fatten type on one page, and it totally looks fine. Some letters are now running into each other. The varnish appears to be tainted, since many photos now look milky, even thought they were crystal clear when we did the press check.

Grrrr...anyone else have bummer print stories like this? It's just a letdown when you work really hard on something that then gets pulled down by production mistakes.

East London Phrases Feb 28, 08, 1:46 p.m.

I'll start.

So I was getting my whiskers boxed at the sheriff's pantry, and along comes this musky duckling, springin' hot biscuits out of her ruffly truffle, and I said "Oi. There's only enough French bacon in this barrel to catch a geezer by the greenery, a'roight luv?"

Hanging Punctuation Feb 20, 08, 2:33 p.m.

In InDesign. The Story (optical alignment) doesn't always seem to work very well. Is there another way to automate it, or do I have to do it the old fashioned way and make another text box to the right or left? Any ideas?

Cheers,
gramme-pa

Daddy gramme! Feb 20, 08, 10:58 a.m.

Just had our first sonogram today. It's a bit early (8 weeks) but I can't keep it to myself any longer! We're super stoked.

I was amazed how clear the ultrasound picture was. We could see the head, two little arm buds and the heartbeat, which was thumping at a heathy 164 bpm. Lil' guy or girl is about the size of a Gummi bear and growing rapidly.

:D

Costa Rica Feb 18, 08, 12:09 p.m.

Going there for a week at the end of March. Just me and the wife. We'll be staying on the West Coast, in Tamarindo. I haven't surfed in 2.5 years, I can't wait.

Anyone been? Tips on places to go, things to do besides surfing? For Madirish or anyone else who knows: my gym doesn't have a pool, but I've been hitting it hard trying to target my back and shoulder muscles as much as possible. Low weight, high rep. Any tips on other things or specific exercises that will get me back in surfing shape?

Ugh Feb 6, 08, 4:21 p.m.

Typesetting product names & numbers, in two languages, for 200+ little tiny product swatches. Flipping between ID files and between ID/Excel. It's a bit like playing Tetris. Minutes away from a frozen wrist.

Anyone else working late on something mindless?

Skaters. Jan 21, 08, 9:10 a.m.

Who needs 'em.

Superunknown Jan 10, 08, 8:46 a.m.

Soundgarden still sounds good to my ears after all these years. Ah, memories of 8th grade...

Anyone know what happened to Kim Thayil after they broke up? I can't imagine a guy of his talent hanging up the axe for good.

Move to St. Louis!! Dec 30, 07, 9:03 p.m.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the follow-up, however you're about a week late in responding...we had a haz-mat situation in our basement (gallons of raw sewage erupted from our basement drain during the storm that night). We contacted MSD at 9:30 on the 22nd, they said they would send someone out ASAP. Apparently "ASAP" for them meant 2 AM. They claimed they were unable to give us an ETA. It became abundantly clear that the city sewage staff is seriously understaffed and poorly organized. I called three times and got the same runaround; the dispatcher told me his team had no phones and thus there was no way I could find out when they would arrive at our house. I was under the impression that they would send a city-contracted plumber, which is why I stayed up late waiting for them. At around 2 AM I heard a truck in my alley. I ran out and asked if they would come in to check out our problem. They informed me that was not their job. They checked the sewage main and claimed there was nothing wrong there, that the problem was with our plumbing and that we had to get our own plumber. No one had informed me of this protocol before. I called the MSD dispatcher back; he did not apologize for the situation.

We had a plumber come out early the following morning. They cleared the clogged pipes but wouldn't touch the basement situation. Long story short, we had to clean it up ourselves. It turns out that our storm drains, kitchen and bathroom (including sewage) all go to the same pipe in our house. I have been told by our plumber that this is not up to code. No wonder we had a backup – the sudden storm flooding the downspouts, the ground was already wet, and when you throw in some standard-level sewage we had a mess on our hands. It seems this situation is very common in older homes in the city. The old houses just get grandfathered in, while new construction is required to separate storm, sink/shower and sewer water. I don't expect the city will ever attempt to rectify this and bring everyone's plumbing up to code, due to the astronomic expense.

I tell you all this to let you know that we were seriously disappointed by the city's delayed, unprofessional, uncourteous and irresponsible system. I have been telling everyone I know how poorly the city handled this situation. Is this seriously what I pay taxes for??? MSD knows they have me in their pocket like it or not, and so they obviously don't care about customer service or prompt action.

What exactly do we pay you people for? I've been all over the country, and never have I seen such an ass-backwards municipal system.

No need to follow up on the haz-mat problem, my wife and I cleaned up the shit ourselves.

Matt Steel

Pantone® GOE Nov 9, 07, 7:24 a.m.

Anyone else checking out this bad boy? We just received our own set, the range of colors is INSANE....too bad it's only for coated paper right now. Two whole books just for coated colors. Worth the money!

http://www.pantone.com/pages/pro…