Comments on: 103 diamonds http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:27:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: ju http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3370 ju Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:58:43 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3370 it looks like an elephant mouth.<br />very nice! it looks like an elephant mouth.
very nice!

]]> By: Anonymous http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 Anonymous Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:56:15 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3371 does the relationship between blogger and comment-leavers make you feel more, or less alone? does the relationship between blogger and comment-leavers make you feel more, or less alone?

]]> By: Impa http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 Impa Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:41:37 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3372 Going to Berlin 9th - 13th november. Any tips on fun things to do? (besides the Short Film Festival) Want to go for a drink? (Go on, live a little, when was the last time you had a blind date?) Going to Berlin 9th – 13th november. Any tips on fun things to do? (besides the Short Film Festival) Want to go for a drink? (Go on, live a little, when was the last time you had a blind date?)

]]> By: Craig http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3373 Craig Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:37:08 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3373 That's Tessa, the dog I had as a teenager. That’s Tessa, the dog I had as a teenager.

]]> By: Impa http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3374 Impa Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:41:37 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3374 Who's the second doggy in the lovely new design? Who’s the second doggy in the lovely new design?

]]> By: Hostess with the Mostest http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3375 Hostess with the Mostest Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:29:56 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3375 I really like all these! I really like all these!

]]> By: Craig http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3376 Craig Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:27:48 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3376 Peter: Thanks for the comments. You're right about the laziness, but, I can't help myself: it's my favourite typeface.<br /><br />b7b: I hope so too.<br /><br />Yuko: Thank you.<br /><br />Jennifer: Yep, that'd be lovely. Peter: Thanks for the comments. You’re right about the laziness, but, I can’t help myself: it’s my favourite typeface.

b7b: I hope so too.

Yuko: Thank you.

Jennifer: Yep, that’d be lovely.

]]> By: J. http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3377 J. Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:07:03 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3377 Do something of Xabi Alonsos belter! Do something of Xabi Alonsos belter!

]]> By: yuko http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3378 yuko Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:07:56 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3378 hey... happy birthday!!! hey… happy birthday!!!

]]> By: . http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3379 . Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:38:02 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3379 Well done Craig! I hope this becomes a beautiful series! Well done Craig! I hope this becomes a beautiful series!

]]> By: Peter Cushion http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/comment-page-1/#comment-3380 Peter Cushion Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:06:19 +0000 http://flipflopflyin.com/g/2006/09/103-diamonds/#comment-3380 It's beautiful.<br /><br />It may be more appropriate to use a specifically New York (or even just US) typeface rather than an archetypal English one from the 1920s.<br />Famous NY typographers that spring to mind are Ed Benguiat and Herb Lubalin (who, along with Tom Carnasse, made Avant Garde Gothic). There are also loads of beautiful fonts from Hoefler Frere-Jones (NY)<br /><br />The NY subway mostly uses a varient of Akzidenz Grotesk (from Berlin).<br /><br />Gill Sans seems a bit lazy in this context. It’s beautiful.

It may be more appropriate to use a specifically New York (or even just US) typeface rather than an archetypal English one from the 1920s.
Famous NY typographers that spring to mind are Ed Benguiat and Herb Lubalin (who, along with Tom Carnasse, made Avant Garde Gothic). There are also loads of beautiful fonts from Hoefler Frere-Jones (NY)

The NY subway mostly uses a varient of Akzidenz Grotesk (from Berlin).

Gill Sans seems a bit lazy in this context.

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