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90% of People in Business…
Source: My grandfatherTypefaces: Hoefler Text, Linotype Didot, League Gothic My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all ran their own businesses. Once in a while my dad or grandpa would try...
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Time to Make the Donuts
Source: Those old Dunkin Donuts commercials Typefaces: FF Scala Sans, FF Scala I went for understated sophistication with this one. Those old Dunkin Donuts commercials were always cheerful, but Fred...
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The Ocean is Awesome…
Source: 30 RockTypefaces: Monoline Script, Silica In an epsiode from two weeks ago, Alec Baldwin’s character on 30 Rock defended his childhood dream of becoming an marine biologist. Talk of Jacques...
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Drinking & Singing…
Source: Come Fill Your Glass With Us album coverTypefaces: Nobel, Clairvaux Last year I bought this old Irish folk music record. I stashed it away and didn’t listen to it until last week. All the...
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Ten Percent of the Fishermen…
Source: My grandfatherTypefaces: Nelly Script, Nobel Here’s another of my grandfather’s quotes. I don’t know if he intended a metaphor for business or if he was simply talking about fishing. I’d say...
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…the Cold Shivers is on to Me
Source: A 19th century Irish fellow suffering from brain freezeTypefaces: hand-drawn lettering Last week I finished reading my daughters Ivan Day’s new book about the history of ice cream in Britain....
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Managing An Advertising Agency…
Source: David OgilvyTypeface: ITC Franklin Gothic Before getting into publishing in 2002 I worked at marketing firm in DC where I had often heard rival Ogilvy & Mather discussed. Yet, I was...
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Great Times Are Golden…
Source: An art school buddyTypefaces: Mrs Eaves, Bellevue, Blair I love this quote because it sounds so sentimental, yet it barely makes any sense. In 1999 I was part of Tyler School of Art’s summer...
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There and Back Again
Source: J.R.R. Tolkien Typeface: handlettering based on Golden Cockerel and my own script This week’s entry is slightly unusual for the theme of this blog. It is an unofficial book cover design, but...
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Nibbled to Death…
Source: Leo Burnett Typefaces: Jupiter, Golden Cockeral I just finished reading On Advertising by David Ogilvy. A real life Man Man, Ogilvy had a great disdain for committees. On page 20 he asserted...
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