A few weeks ago (when I finally got my room wired up at my new apartment), I booted up my Linux box and started updating Debian. When the dust settled this morning, my font settings had reverted themselves... leaving me with the ugly-beyond-description font families Kochi and Sazanami as the default for Chinese/Japanese characters.

Whose idea was ( Read more... )

I upgraded to Office 2007 at work this morning and noticed that it uses the new Vista fonts for all its menu and text. My first thought was, "huh, that's kind of neat, they've decided to anti-alias everything and use a reputable font (Frutiger) as their default ( Read more... )

Newman's Own just lost major coolness points (!) with me. The letters on their Alphabet Cookies are carved in none other than Arial.

... says Ian, who merrily munches away at the cookies.... damn you Newman's Own!!!

Three weeks from today (April 11), I'm going to a screening of Helvetica at MassArt. Is anyone else interested in coming along?

From the event description:
Helvetica will begin at 6pm with a reception in MassArt's Godine Gallery and continue at 7pm with a screening in the Pozen Center for Interrelated Media. After the film, join us for a Q&A with ( Read more... )

My dear little heart broke when I saw this photograph of the craigslist office in the Metro on the way to work this morning. Does anyone else wince when they see it? If you do, don't visit the "valet parking" sign at the Hotel@MIT either (next to the University Park Star Market).