penguin icon for the birthday girl

[tsuki_no_bara]

happy birthday halfshellvenus! ficcer and lover of the penguin. /('v')\ this calls for cake

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[amberdreams]

Oh! Oh! The Codex Amiatinus! I'll definitely be going to see that. It's like the opposite of the St Cuthbert gospel, which is tiny and cute.

The theory behind that font is fascinating - desirably difficult! Maybe that's how I keep my hubby interested in me. LOL!

Edited to say - whoa! I just read what else is in that exhibition and it's like an orgasm of Anglo Saxon loveliness! Damn. I'm going to need a full day.

[tsuki_no_bara]

if you go see it i'm preliminarily jealous. i've never seen the st cuthbert gospel either, so doubly jealous. (it is tiny and cute! and doesn't look that old from the outside.) the codex is SO BIG. SO MANY NO DOUBT FABULOUS MEDIEVAL PAGES. and the fact that it's the only one left of the three that were made at the time just makes it more exciting.

>>desirably difficult! Maybe that's how I keep my hubby interested in me. LOL!<<

hee! i would hope it's more than that! at least more positive things - more desire and less difficulty.

[murielle]

This is what I love about you...I get so caught up in the links you share that I forget your post. I signed up for the shop newsletter after checking out the British Museum's post the roman bread recipe, which I pinned--thank you. D/l-ed the sans forgetica, cause yeah! Cheered for the new Queen of Sweden after reading that article. By the time I did all that I forgot where I'd been, and what I'd been doing in the first place which was reading your post! THANK YOU!!!!! (Shouting for joy!)

[tsuki_no_bara]

to be fair, i think the links were the most exciting thing here. but i'm glad you liked them! if you use the sans forgetica, you'll have to report back on whether or not it helped you (or other people) remember what you (or they) read.

the queen of sweden seems marked for good things. not everyone can find a sword in a lake.

[donutsweeper]

Ooh that bread recipe is neat. I've seen the picture of the bread-turned-stone before with the neat shape and never knew how/why it came out like that. I think I'll stick with making modern recipes though, when I make bread.

That font would drive me mad if I tried to read a whole paper in it. Wow

[tsuki_no_bara]

i would've thought the string was for ease of carrying, but i guess that's also how you shaped your circular loaves. and you can always make a modern loaf and just shape it like ancient roman bread. bonus points for bread stamp. :D

it's a neat font but yeah, it would make me nuts too. but you won't forget it!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much! I will take both penguins and cake, though not at the same time-- I think the fish smell of the penguins might detract from the cake experience. ;)

Sans Forgetica-- what a great name! And a more typical use of "sans" than in other fonts. I mean, what kind of touch or flourish IS Helvetica, that you would remove it from a font in the first place?

;)

[tsuki_no_bara]

maybe a penguin-shaped cake. :D i agree that a fishy penguin would conflict way too much with a good cake.

it really is a great name, isn't it? i think someone had fun thinking it up.

[goldenusagi]

I just have to say, you always have the best links.

[tsuki_no_bara]

aw, thank you! i blame twitter.