Joshua Leigh
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- pagepapa0
the link
- pagepapa0
I would purchase that Fowles Sans .. quite right that font set.. alos brilliant braile idea.. very simple idea well executed.. the kind that we all go I wish i had tought of that..
you may not know that stamps.com will let you make your own US stamps these days
cheers
- Baskerville0
I was told I should sell one of my fons to Emigre. Maybe I should talk to Zuzana Licko
- de4k0
yeah its got a bit of an Emigre feel to it.
- DutchBoy0
actually that's what i liked about it. the use of type.
- Baskerville0
Thanks robotron3k, you're right though.
Although I am thinking of actually designing the site properly some time, I hate all of the 'design' of it. But that's not really its purpose. I just made it in a day to show my work, instead of sending out print samples (saves me postage)
- Baskerville0
Speaking as a typographer, I'm sick of seeing 5pt arial/helvetica on so many websites. The front page is deliberately bright red and has large type, once you're inside things are the size you need.
As a side point, so many designers are afraid of large type. The solution to so many problems seems to be make everthing small and it will look nice, has anyone got any examples of large type managed really delicately?
- robotron3k0
that's the first website i've ever seen with 180 pt type on the home page... looks like his design career is about to blowup!
- de4k0
ok Dutchy, I was little excitable,
but what josh has got there is so lucid.
but what do I know.
- DutchBoy0
there's very little in there.. some nice stuff..
but ideas in abundance???
come on.
- Baskerville0
Thanks Kodap. I had to choose design school over music school, so painting/drawing and music are now just hobbies. But it's good to have things that influence other areas of your life and work. Keeps you well rounded.
I went to Lisbon last year with a typographer called Phil Baines to document photographically all the amazing signage and shop front lettering in the city, there's going to be an exhibition of it in Lisbon soon.
- kodap0
don't be shy
;)
- kodap0
noooooo..
keep posting and doing the things you like.. don't mind waht people rant.. and youre definately a good guitar player!it's truly a gift beeing able to be well recognized in different disciplines like music and design/fine art. like you are, keep it on!
just a tip relative to your music tracks:
post something yours and spontaneous, like small cuts of guitar experimentseveryone (with time) can make an exact copy of an earlier masterpiece, like steve vai's musics or the rachmaninov piece, but making your own is just possible after going through this learning process from copying others.
I'm probably beeing redundant but your "humbleness" will kill you with what you just said
- Baskerville0
I also design things as well as playing guitar among other instuments (I knew putting music on my site was a misktake)
- de4k0
now way josh, I know he's a supreme talent, and he's bound to have an ego the size of yorkshire.
just not my cuppa
you should try Karates' last two albums for sophisticated/avant garde/jazz/blues/tight as/decent covers
http://www.southern.net/southern…
- kodap0
...I was just curious about all these ravings on guitars/ heavy-metal community..
i don't doubt his skills.. as I've heard a lot about the guy.
..
as well as dream theater's drummer ..not my likes but yeah... whateva, I respect
- kodap0
I second that.. ..
maybe how could such recognized guitarrist like Steve Vai go for a cover like that??
- Baskerville0
Yeah, those tracks are pretty old! I just had some spare webspace so I thought I'd use it. I pretty much just play jazz now (I've grown up now) maybe I'll put some john schofield covers on there!
Plus all 80s guitarists have to have gross airbrush covers, it's the law! Doesn't stop him being pretty innovative musicallly, he played for Frank Zappa for god's sake. If you doubt his musical knowledge check this out:
- fliker0
Morning Josh, should you not be working?