think for a minute/
what is the sexiest glyph in existence?/
why yes classmates, that is the book we used in adv type. no need to tell me.
<digression>
if you answered anything but ampersand,
turn around and walk away,
i dont know you.
i coming to collect my things tomorrow at your place...
im keeping the dog.
</digression>
but back to the subject at hand.
the aphrodite that is the ampersand.
the milk and honey that has been passed down to us
from the type gods.
seriously though, have you ever really really looked at one?
the curvature, the strokes, the swash, that finial, the versatility.
you could put up an ampersand in illustrator, set it in futura,
print it on some cold fusion manufactured french paper that
unicorns cry on, crumple it up, throw it away, and IT WOULD STILL BE GROOVY.
yes, groovy. smooth. co-pa-ce-tic.
/many more words that would be inappropriate in this setting/
i know some people (RE: most people) dont like typographic tattoos.
to hell with them...
this seriously might be my next one, set in futura medium, jet black.
as the pink one himself would say, 'dont watch me, watch tv'.
<flashback>
so i just remembered something i saw in class the other day.
.........the other day being yesterday.
something concerning the evolution of glyphs.
starting out as weird pictographs, icons and such
/so very fluid, languid, sanguine almost/
and slowly, almost painfully, metamorphosing (whoever brings up kafka, sit in the corner) into the rigid structured shapes we call 'letters' today.
"but hey, sal calm down. not all of the them can be as
handsome as the ampersand', i says to myself.
all flowy and wavey and comforting and such.
that reassured me quite a bit.
and then it occurred to me.
what beautiful accidents had to happen to
result in this roasted butternut squash of a glyph?
(to be exact, Hale and Hearty roasted butternut squash. dont get it twisted.
had that grace-kelly-of-a-cream-based-soup during lunch today,
as one does....and i fall in love every time)
i mean, the first time i ever saw an ampersand...
specifically here: sal HD/memories/academia/grade_school/second grade, gooooood times/ampersand_first_time.mmry
i thought someone had legit written a script-y 'S' backwards.
dumb kid i thinks to myself,
not knowing that it was thine self.
</flashback>
luckily though i ran into this:
History of the Ampersand
read. that. <profanity>word</profanity>
please, if you're a typographer, graphic designer, or just like
looking at pretzels twisted into ampersands,
do yourself a favor and mozy on down to the article.
i mean come on:
oh, this goes without saying, but these are not my images.
i like balloons, hands in unison, and pretzels as much as the next guy.
credit given to those who deserve it @ webdesignerdepot.com
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