Italian designer Alessandro Segalini appeared on the typography forum scene a few months ago and is rivaling Hrant in posting frequency. Today he unleashed the following on Typo-L:
Three Italic fonts die together in a bad
book design and go to Typo-Heaven.
When they get there, St. Peter Karow says,
“We only have one rule here in Typo-Heaven:
Don’t step on the Dutch!”
So they enter heaven, and sure enough,
there are Dutch all over the place.
It is almost impossible not to step on a Dutch,
and although they try their best to avoid them,
the first Italic accidentally steps on one.
Read the rest at the Typo-L archives. It helps to know some history of digital revivals and pairings, but I’m not an expert and it made me giggle.
Stephen: “I’m not an expert”
this makes me giggle.
best
kai
Is this blog entry the equivalent of a conversation stopper?
…Embarrassed smile…pretends to see friend across the room…excuses self and departs…
You got all of that one Martin Archer.
This is an old joke that actually involves Stalin, Hitler, and Marilyn Monroe. Why is it being distilled into a new glass and copyrighted?
Aw, c’mon Gerald. Aren’t nearly all jokes built on some previous model? Never mind the ďż˝. Alessandro’s just being kooky.
It made laugh a bit.
Tell the original joke please.
There’s a fine line between reviving a joke and outright theft. Segalini is a thief. A criminal. He will get a cold reception at any type conference. The permanent eradication of crime is a wonderful thought, but it’s not likely to happen. A much more realistic goal is to loose sleep figuring out how to punish people who have offended our reputable royal selves. Even if it could never actually improve anything, it’s important to remember that punishing is the key.
(Sorry, I just read a pretty ridiculous piece on design ethics and felt like sounding like a fascist, depraved idiot myself.)
hhp
“Aw, cďż˝mon Gerald. Arenďż˝t nearly all jokes built on some previous model? Never mind the ďż˝. Alessandroďż˝s just being kooky.”
I’m guessing you are a republican by nature. All’s cool on the buddy system, right?
Gerald! My favorite comment of all time.
:-)
i agree with kai. so i heard you stepped on a dutch and got chained to jlt.
i agree with kai. (first comment) so, i heard you stepped on a dutch and got chained to jlt.
ha ha. you poor soul.