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<title><![CDATA[¿En qué se parecen Powerpoint y Comic Sans?]]></title>
<link>http://stygyan.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/%c2%bfen-que-se-parecen-powerpoint-y-comic-sans/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stygyan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stygyan.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/%c2%bfen-que-se-parecen-powerpoint-y-comic-sans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Powerpoint. Comic Sans. Dos productos, que a primera vista no tienen nada que ver, y que sin embargo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Powerpoint. Comic Sans. Dos productos, que a primera vista no tienen nada que ver, y que sin embargo tienen un parecido muy muy notable(1).</p>
<p>Primero, Comic Sans:</p>
<blockquote><p>Comic Sans es una tipografía digital de Microsoft Corporation diseñada para imitar las letras de un cómic para situaciones informales, originalmente pensada para Microsoft Bob. Fue creada por el diseñador Vincent Connare en 1994 y ha sido incluida en Microsoft Windows desde la aparición de Windows 95, inicialmente como parte de las tipografías suplementarias incluidas en el Windows Plus Pack. Ha sido desde entonces una de las tipografías más populares de Microsoft.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Sans">Wikipedia</a></em></p></blockquote>
<p>Ahora, Powerpoint:</p>
<blockquote><p>Microsoft Powerpoint es un programa de presentación desarrollado para sistemas operativos Microsoft Windows y Mac OS. Ampliamente usado en distintos campos como en la enseñanza, negocios, etc. Según las cifras de Microsoft Corporation, cerca de 30 millones de presentaciones son realizadas con Powerpoint cada día. Forma parte de la suite Microsoft Office.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerpoint">Wikipedia</a></em></p></blockquote>
<p>Como podéis observar, aparentemente los dos productos son muy diferentes &#8211; ¿en dónde está el parecido? El parecido, señores y amigos míos, está en que los dos están siendo usados para fines para los cuales no fueron creados. Ni más ni menos.</p>
<p>No <a href="http://bancomicsans.com/home.html">odiamos a Comic Sans</a> por su diseño, por su forma, o por su kerning. La odiamos por su omnipresencia. La odiamos porque hay gente que tiene los huevos de usar Comic Sans para escribir circulares de oficina, con ánimo de &#8220;darles un aire informal&#8221;. He visto profesores entregar exámenes en Comic Sans, ¡por amor de %deity%!(2)</p>
<div id="attachment_1165" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://stygyan.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/captura-de-pantalla-2009-11-28-a-las-21-31-04.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-1165" title="Tipografía" src="http://stygyan.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/captura-de-pantalla-2009-11-28-a-las-21-31-04.png" alt="" width="500" height="482" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Como si no hubiera tipografías gratuitas, y tú sigues usando Comic Sans...</p></div>
<p>Asimismo, no odiamos Powerpoint por su utilidad, por su interfaz, o por el excesivo peso del Office. Lo odiamos por su omnipresencia. Porque más allá de usar Powerpoint para presentar los resultados del ejercicio 2009 en una reunión de ejecutivos, hay gente que pone chistes de cinco líneas en un powerpoint, con cuatro dibujos predefinidos y los reenvía por correo. Lo odiamos por los miles de &#8220;¡Mira este correo y te reirás! con un powerpoint adjunto(3).</p>
<p>De lo cual aprendemos que el viejo dicho vuelve a ser cierto. Nada es bueno, si lo tomas en exceso. Sea droga, sea comida, sea agua, o sean tipografías y programas de ordenador.</p>
<p>(1) Aparte de que ambos son productos de Microsoft, claro está.</p>
<p>(2) Una vez me fijé, e incluso los usaban en los créditos de &#8220;Yo soy Bea&#8221;. Toma diseño patrio.</p>
<p>(3) De hecho tengo un filtro implementado en gMail: Si un correo me viene con un adjunto terminado en PPT o en PPS, lo marca como leído y lo borra. Inmediatamente. Si tan bueno es el chiste, mandámelo en modo texto, coño ya.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Design adviser]]></title>
<link>http://labai.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/design-adviser/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomasino</dc:creator>
<guid>http://labai.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/design-adviser/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://labai.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tumblr_krrxr2dhxr1qzotmfo1_400.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-681" title="tumblr_krrxr2DhxR1qzotmfo1_400" src="http://labai.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tumblr_krrxr2dhxr1qzotmfo1_400.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="518" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Let My Nerd Flag Fly.]]></title>
<link>http://lizisms.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/let-my-geek-flag-fly/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lizisms</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lizisms.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/let-my-geek-flag-fly/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a sucker for two things: corny jokes and anything related to typography. I know I laugh wa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;m a sucker for two things: corny jokes and anything related to typography. I know I laugh way too hard at bad jokes &#8211; like it was the best thing I&#8217;ve ever heard. And I get way too excited over typography &#8211; like a squirrel finding an acorn, finding a free font excites me. I&#8217;m sure only 0.03% of people reading my blog would get these (more like 0.0003% and even less would appreciate them). But of course I would enjoy these (bad) font jokes enough to re-post them on my blog. <em>Of course.</em></p>
<p>Two fonts walk into a bar, the bartender says &#8216;We don&#8217;t serve your type here&#8217;. So they called the serif.</p>
<p>Last choice of a graphic designer looking for a career change?<br />
Hobo</p>
<p>What part of the fish does a graphic designer remove when cooking?<br />
The gill, so it will be Gill Sans.</p>
<p>Why do type designers always remove the petals from flowers?<br />
They just like to look at the stems.</p>
<p>What did the graphic designer build his house out of?</p>
<p>Adobe</p>
<p>What is a typophile&#8217;s favorite type of drink?</p>
<p>Kerns</p>
<p>What type of diabetes is a graphic designer most likely to get diagnosed with?<br />
Type 1</p>
<p>Favorite hotel in las vegas?<br />
The Sans</p>
<p>What kind of relationships do typophiles prefer?<br />
The open type</p>
<p><a href="http://lizisms.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/roll_65971.gif"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-707" title="roll_6597" src="http://lizisms.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/roll_65971.gif?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="241" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Stop with the Comic Sans. Please.]]></title>
<link>http://jfergusondesigns.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/stop-with-the-comic-sans-please/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jfergusondesigns</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jfergusondesigns.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/stop-with-the-comic-sans-please/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A handy diagram to help you decide&#8230; Source: The Next Web]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>A handy diagram to help you decide&#8230;</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-39" title="should-you-use-comic-sans-8542-1255877206-2" src="http://jfergusondesigns.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/should-you-use-comic-sans-8542-1255877206-2.jpg" alt="should-you-use-comic-sans-8542-1255877206-2" width="400" height="518" /></p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2009/10/18/comic-sans-diagram/">The Next Web</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Бogue ми присяда]]></title>
<link>http://cuteater.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/%d0%b1ogue-%d0%bc%d0%b8-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%81%d1%8f%d0%b4%d0%b0/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cut:eater</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Добро утро. Хъ. Дявола има малка, тясна канцелария, в която закусваме всеки ден. Ядем препечен хляб ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Добро утро.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Хъ.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Дявола има малка, тясна канцелария, в която закусваме всеки ден. Ядем препечен хляб с прясно масло от млади крави. Малки правилни парчета щастие върху гладкото острие на нож.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Ние с Дявола сме масивни издънки от провинцията на живота. Такива, които могат да си позволят не само наем в центъра на столицата, но и поддръжка на всекидневен навик. Не че се елитизираме, по-скоро си падаме екзистенциалисти.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Канцелария. Тая дума не си я чувал скоро. Телбод? Мокет? Ламперия? Не е като да държим високи чаши със забучени хартиени чадърчета край открит басейн в сряда вечер. Не е като да разхождаме новите си мокасини сред плиткоумни мадами с голи гърбове, претендирайки за стутис, който можем да монетизираме единствено като добра свирка или малка, все още стегната вагина някъде по стаите на горния етаж. Съществуването предшества същността.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Дявола има малка, тясна канцелария, в която закусваме всеки ден. Говорим си глупости, докато минаваме през сутрешната преса. По-добрата част от нея, имам предвид. Всичко за масова употреба.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Парочистачката Likme Mop е най-мощната система за почистване на подове с пара от своя клас. Благодарение на нея, мръсотията буквално се изпарява и не оставя никакъв шанс на бактериите. Likme Mop почиства и дезинфекцира благодарение само и единствено на чистата пара. Без необходимост от препарати.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Наблягаме на съдържанието с повече жълт цвят и уличен мирис. Убийства, погребения, побои, изнасилвания, сватби. Обикновените неща. 93% от обикновените лайна, които се случват на обикновените хора.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Всички сме обикновени. Не се заблуждавай.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Кратка мелодия за развлечение. Динг-динг-донг.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Мокет.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Ламперия.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">При други обстоятелства бихме закусвали тук с векове.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Тази сутрин можех и да не дойда. Митническата проверка на влака от Белград продължи повече. Хванаха двама-трима от дребните контрабандисти на цигари. Радвам се, че не беше някоя от бабите. Мили баби. Разговорливи. Със зачервени лица и дебели, ръчно плетени пуловери. Едната носеше евтини вафли, купени от гарата. Мили баби, дрънкащи неспирно. Шумящи като плъхове в купчина боклук. Отново и отново. Драпащи за порция разлагащи се понятия.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Не ям, докато пътувам.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Достатъчно убийства, дрън-дрън, отвличания, още няколко убийства. Снимките отново са разочароващи. Над статиите са започнали да се появяват по-реалистични имена на автори. Не че може да се твърди какъв е принципът да определиш едно име като по-истинско от друго. Не можеш да разчиташ на представата си за нещата. Последното нещо, на което можеш да имаш доверие, е усещането ти за реалност.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Дали има награди за най-качествено отразяване на смърт и безсилие? Сигурно има. Има награди за какво ли не.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Прелиствам страниците и стигам до това. Рубриката се казва „Читателска поща”. Чета на глас:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A recent trend of cows leaping off the high mountain cliffs in the Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen has given rise to speculation. With no natural predators, locals are puzzled as to what could have spooked the cattle into jumping to their doom. Twenty eight cows have died in three days as police continue to investigate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 8 исках да бъда проститутка. Съучениците ми не можеха да произнесат тази дума. Затова предполагах, че трябва да означава нещо много специално.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 9 исках да стана троянски кон. Това е нещо много изненадващо и същевременно дървено. Има колела и какво повече можеш да искаш?</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 10 исках да стана рок китарист. Или китара. Или ракета за тенис, която си представяш, че е китара.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 11 събирах стъклени топчета. 73 шарени, звънтящи при удар. Всичките купени от тайния магазин, за който знаех</em><em> </em><em>само аз. Гледах през прозореца как пред блока момчетата играят в пръстта с техните стъклени топчета.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 12 не разбирах древногръцките митове. Не можех да запомня имената на всички богове. Толкова по-лесно е, когато имаш един-единствен Исус. И един-единствен Аллах. И един-единствен Пого. Това е малкият пинчер.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 13 се записах на уроци по волейбол. Бях ниска, а исках да бъда висока. Също, ходех на уроци по английски и балет. Гърдите ми все още не бяха пораснали и не обичах момичешката съблекалня.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 14 все още нямах гърди. Носех широки рокли. Бях най-добрата по английски в класа. Не знаех, че, когато се наведа с широките си рокли, деколтето ми зейва и момчешките ми плоски гърди се виждат като на сцена. Това трябва да е било доста смешно за съучениците ми.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 15 имах гърди.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 16 освен гърди се научих да бъда устни и вежди.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 17 бях много популярна.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 18 участвах във всички училищни, междуучилищни, извънучилищни и интергалактически дейности. Избираха ме да ръководя без да се бутам и, разбира се, през повечето време правех секс. Което е един вид училищна, междуучилищна, извънучилищна и интергалактическа дейност. Но не такава каквато се очакваше да осъществявам. Все тая.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 19 бях супер. Винаги имах мнение. По всички въпроси. Другите бяха твърде тъпи, че да не разчитат на мнението ми. </em><em>God</em><em> </em><em>have</em><em> </em><em>mercy</em><em>.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 20 не знаех къде се намирам. Не обичах затворени помещения, но последният ми спомен винаги беше от затворено помещение. </em><em>God have mercy</em><em>. </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 21 повръщах. Обикновено. Повръщах много. Имах малка плюшена играчка, която после изгубих. Мечката Сизиф. Това малко копеле ме е успокоявало винаги, когато съм имала нужда. Когато съм се чувствала напрегната или потисната. Беше достатъчно да го натисна в лицето си, за да изчезна в друг свят. Получавах 10-секундно посещение под плащеницата на Иисус.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 22 направих аборт за втори път. Треперих поне 3 дни след това. Плачех постоянно. Плачех постоянно. Плачех постоянно. Това малко същество, което изгубих. Това малко същество, което изгубих преди 7 години. Това малко същество, което родителите ми изгубиха преди 22 години. </em><em>God</em><em> </em><em>have</em><em> </em><em>mercy</em><em>. </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 23 не знам какво ме очаква и не очаквам нищо. Знам, че нищо не може да ме изненада. Мога да изгубя всичко. Знам какво е да губиш. Знам какво е да печелиш и не ми пука. На 23 е като на 32. Имаш чувството, че си изпуснал нещо. И сълзите няма да върнат нищо. </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em> </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><em>На 23 искам да ви кажа, че просто не ми пука.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">&#8212;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">- Още масло?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">- Да. Вчера си мислех за стъклени топчета. Гледах изцъклените, лишени от душа очи на една гърчеща се котка в парка и се сетих как като малък играех на стъклени топчета. Сетих се за Киро, който ми открадна два големи едноцветни сириеца и след две вечери го причаках във входа, опрях счупеното гърло на бутилка олио в дясното му слепоочие и помолих копелето да ми върне топчетата. Не ми ги върна. Обаче години след това му остана малък белег там, където бях притискал назъбеното стъкло.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">- Какво имаме за днес?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">- За днес имаме, както обикновено.</span></p>
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<link>http://drikkes.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/comic-sans/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>drikkes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://drikkes.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/comic-sans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zur wohl meist verteufelten Schrift (nicht nur) im Internet gibt es natürlich auch ein passendes Dia]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[dispatches from the island. in which i change my surname in ionesco.]]></title>
<link>http://strepitupido.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/dispatches-from-the-island-in-which-i-change-my-surname-in-ionescu/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>annika</dc:creator>
<guid>http://strepitupido.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/dispatches-from-the-island-in-which-i-change-my-surname-in-ionescu/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[dopo il corso di danese ufficiale e il corso di danese ufficioso (il collega dirimpettaio che m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>dopo il corso di danese ufficiale e il corso di danese ufficioso (il collega dirimpettaio che m&#8217;insegna una parola nuova tutti i giorni), ci mancava solo il corso di danese <em>diversamente</em> ufficioso, col commesso del supermercato accanto a casa che mi dà lezioni di everyday danish tra un codice a barre e l&#8217;altro. </p>
<p>- donna, devi impararlo &#8217;sto benedetto danese.<br />
- eh, la fai facile tu. mica son nata con un rospo in gola come voialtri, io.<br />
- &#8217;spetta mo&#8217; che t&#8217;insegno io.</p>
<p>proprio vero che gli uomini non ci accettano mai per quello che siamo.</p>
<p>comunque. ieri ho ricevuto due mail di complimenti per aver fatto funzionare uno strumento che ancora non ho nemmeno iniziato a costruire. non ho capito se fossero mail di incoraggiamento oppure una demo dell&#8217;amore incondizionato che l&#8217;umanità tiene in serbo per me, nascosto bene da qualche parte (molto bene). nel dubbio, mi son fatta i complimenti anch&#8217;io. </p>
<p>mi han mandato una presentazione da sistemare (aggiungere un po&#8217; di folklore qua e là, sterminare le animazioni powerpoint, che sono un castigo divino, raddoppiare la dimensione del file scegliendo accuratamente immagini con risoluzione abnorme, e via dicendo), per una lezione che devo fare a degli studenti delle scuole superiori. ora, son davvero poche le cose che mi danno fastidio sul serio. oltre alle animazioni ppt, dico. mi dà fastidio, per esempio, il fatto che la rapa rossa sia uno degli alimenti alla base della cucina tradizionale danese. le catene di sant&#8217;antonio mi danno fastidio, specie se con annesso file ppt in cui un&#8217;ampia gamma di gatti e cani e altre bestie di piccola taglia pretende di ricordarmi che <em>amico è bello</em> o <em>amore è per sempre</em> (ah, no, però. aspetta: <em>solo il vero amore è per sempre, altrimenti non è amore</em>. ah, ecco. certo. un po&#8217; come dire che il latte è finito solo quando il cartone è vuoto, altrimenti non è finito. ci voleva un gatto, per capirlo). il comic sans (aka volevo essere divertente, giovane, accattivante), a maggior ragione se il testo è colorato, mi dà un fastidio che la metà basta. il mondo non ha alcun bisogno del comic sans: è ora che se ne renda conto.</p>
<p>come se tutto questo non bastasse, un professore ha cercato di vendermi suo figlio. no, anzi: me lo regalava proprio.</p>
<p>- ma tu finito il dottorato vuoi rimanere in danimarca <em>per sempre</em>?<br />
<em>(grazie per la fiducia, uomo, ma temo che prima o poi  mi toccherà stendere gli zampetti, come si suol dire)</em><br />
- non lo so ancora cosa farò, dopo.<br />
- no perché potresti anche conoscere un danese e innamorarti e non volertene più andare.<br />
- &#8230;<br />
- ci sono tanti danesi che meritano, e magari sono ancora giovani e non sono sposati.<br />
<em>(e poi c&#8217;era la marmotta che incartava la cioccolata)</em><br />
- &#8230;<br />
- per esempio, mio figlio è un neuroscienziato che ha fatto il dottorato in california, mica una roba da niente, e io gli dico sempre che si deve trovare una donna e sposarsi, ma lui mica mi dà retta. non ne vuole proprio sapere.</p>
<p>il peggio è che il mio primo pensiero non è stato, <em>bevi di meno</em>. no, il mio primissimo pensiero è stato: <em>almeno questo non è un ingegnere</em>.<br />
sopprimetemi.</p>
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<link>http://tobiedk.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/when-should-you-use-comic-sans/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tobias</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tobiedk.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/when-should-you-use-comic-sans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lidt nørdet humor, måske? Men ikke desto mindre er jeg helt enig! Comic sans burde afskaffes, og kan]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[8 Inventions Regretted By Their Inventors]]></title>
<link>http://reactorfire.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/8-inventions-regretted-by-their-inventors/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>AGP</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reactorfire.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/8-inventions-regretted-by-their-inventors/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[BusinessInsider has a fascinating list of inventions regretted by their inventors. I knew the story ]]></description>
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<p>BusinessInsider has a fascinating list of inventions regretted by their inventors. I knew the story of Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb, but some of them were a little bit more surprising.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/eight-regrettable-tech-inventions-regretted-2009-10#sir-tim-berners-lee-and-those-stupid-slashes-1" target="_self">8 Tech Inventions Regretted By Their Inventors</a> [BusinessInsider]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Heute zu Gast: Ahoi Polloi oder wenn der Werbeblogger Comic Sans benutzt]]></title>
<link>http://rottenrails.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/heute-zu-gast-ahoi-polloi/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://rottenrails.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/heute-zu-gast-ahoi-polloi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[http://ahoipolloi.blogger.de/stories/1519109/]]></description>
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<p><a title="Das Grauen" href="http://ahoipolloi.blogger.de/stories/1519109/" target="_blank">http://ahoipolloi.blogger.de/stories/1519109/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Comic Sans........]]></title>
<link>http://scrappydoit.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/comic-sans/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>scrappydoit</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scrappydoit.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/comic-sans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you have ever taken a graphic design course I am sure you have heard that comic sans is never a f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>If you have ever taken a graphic design course I am sure you have heard that comic sans is never a font to use. Sure it might look like it&#8217;s professional but laid back at the same time but I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve always been told don&#8217;t touch it for you will have instant death.</p>
<p> I never really understood this.  It looked alright you know when it was just a word or two and didn&#8217;t seem to me as big as a deal as what we&#8217;ve made it out to be.  That was before I saw it in mass use.</p>
<p>I recently had to remote into someone&#8217;s PC and their entire PC was set up as a Comic Sans Theme and I honestly wanted to scream.  Not only does it make the desktop look incredibly sloppy and unprofessional but it is SOOOOO hard to read that it makes the font absolutely useless. Look at this: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comic_Sans1.png">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comic_Sans1.png</a>  doesn&#8217;t that give you a headache just looking at it?</p>
<p>In short you can count me as recent convert to the ban Comic Sans Movement:</p>
<p><a href="http://bancomicsans.com/">http://bancomicsans.com/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vote No to Comic Sans!]]></title>
<link>http://harveyshepard.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/vote-no-to-comic-sans/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Harvey</dc:creator>
<guid>http://harveyshepard.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/vote-no-to-comic-sans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I know the internet is oversaturated with misuses of Comic Sans, but I saw this on the way to work t]]></description>
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<p>I know the internet is oversaturated with misuses of Comic Sans, but I saw this on the way to work this morning and was compelled to pull over and snap a picture. I can&#8217;t say that I&#8217;ve seen it used on an election sign before.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just glad that the homeowners didn&#8217;t come out while I was taking this picture. That would&#8217;ve been a weird one to explain.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[We Hate Prevuze]]></title>
<link>http://wehateyourblog.com/2009/10/27/we-hate-prevuze/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ashby Barett</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wehateyourblog.com/2009/10/27/we-hate-prevuze/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We hate the blog Prevuze and we hate their most recent post (whatever that may be when you click thi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>We hate the blog Prevuze and we hate <a title="It's all horrible. Even future posts that we haven't read yet are horrible." href="http://prevuze.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">their most recent post (whatever that may be when you click this link)</a>.</p>
<p><strong>1. WE HATE</strong> comic sans. What, you didn&#8217;t know that we hate comic sans? Well, we do. And your whole blog is in comic sans. All of that ridiculous font just sitting there on your page &#8230; it just begs for hate. And, make no mistake, we do hate it. We hate it as much as we used to hate Lucas back when he was a drunk and Sammi wanted nothing to do with him (she only slept with him because he was Austin&#8217;s brother) and then he got that DUI even though he only had a drink or two and wasn&#8217;t all that drunk.</p>
<p>Stupid comic sans&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>2. WE HATE</strong> that your previews aren&#8217;t summaries, but are instead scene-by-scene walk-throughs of each episode.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s hard to measure these things, but we&#8217;d be willing to bet that it takes at least ten times the attention and brain power to read one of your posts than it does to actually watch an episode of Days. Are you sure that Days fans want to and/or <em>can</em> read blog posts of this length?</p>
<p>You may want to rethink this whole thing. Stop for a while. Give it some space. Then bring it back a year later with a completely different design, different voice, different tone &#8230; but still insist to your readers that it&#8217;s the same blog. If they love you hard enough, they&#8217;ll accept it and maybe cry a little in the process. Also, your triumphant return (Oh my god! We thought you were dead!) will boost readership.</p>
<p>Just consider it. That&#8217;s all we ask. That, and &#8211; look us in our insistent eyes and tell us the truth &#8211; are you the half-mother of one of our triplets?</p>
<p><em>We will be back &#8230; for the second half of This Blog Post &#8230; in just a moment.</em></p>
<p><strong>3. WE HATE</strong> this map.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 513px"><a href="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Prevuze/Debs_Map_102508.jpg"><img class="    " title="Well, at least it explains how everyone gets everywhere so fast." src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z269/Prevuze/Debs_Map_102508.jpg" alt="" width="503" height="379" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">No! No! This is all wrong!</p></div>
<p>So let us get this straight, Salem is roughly the size of <a title="Small towns are not gaudy dens of sin, they are quaint dens of sin." href="http://www.pekinnd.com/" target="_blank">Pekin, North Dakota</a>, but they have the crime rate and demonic possession ratio of Cincinnati?</p>
<p><strong>4. WE HATE</strong> that you play along with the illusion that is the fiction that is the horrible story telling that is Days of Our Lives. Example (italics yours):</p>
<blockquote><p>Sami wants to work through this. Nicole wants to blither and bawl, &#8220;Sami, what you need to know is&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Sydney cries and interrupts. <em>Oh, yeah, like Nicole was going to spill the beans.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Nicole wasn&#8217;t <em>going to do</em> anything. She, in fact, &#8220;does&#8221; whatever the writers tell her to do. To lament the incredulousness of Nicole&#8217;s actions is to ascribe a sort of personhood to her. Yet she&#8217;s fictional. Fantastically fictional. An illuminated fixture in all of our imaginations, to be sure. For who hasn&#8217;t marveled and cursed at the character that is Nicole Walker?</p>
<p>And who hasn&#8217;t sent the actress who breathes fire into Nicole, <a href="http://www.officialarizucker.com/about.html" target="_blank">Arianne Zucker</a>, fan mail? Who hasn&#8217;t gotten a single response from her after sending one letter a week for the last decade? Who doesn&#8217;t go to sleep each night, doing things they could never speak of next to a tear-stained ink-jet printout of her?</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://prevuze.blogspot.com/"><img class=" " title="Look at how loose those straps are." src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rq6TrnkDdZI/SuCDK-XnvSI/AAAAAAAATiU/_FHwYZ1KFPI/s400/Sydney_102609.JPG" alt="" width="225" height="395" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This kid has a real mother, you know. Ugh, there is just so much disregard for people&#39;s feelings out there on the internet. It just disgusts us. </p></div>
<p><strong>5. WE HATE</strong> the name of your blog. It&#8217;s just horrible. Just completely horrible. Our suggestions for other names are, &#8220;One Days Ahead,&#8221; &#8220;The Days After Today,&#8221; or &#8220;The Blog About Days of Our Lives That Will Make You Realize You Already Know Far Too Much About Days of Our Lives.&#8221;</p>
<p>Just some suggestions. Anything beats Prevuze. Prevuze is like that one episode where Tony DiMera came back and all the main characters spent five minutes concocting this huge justification for the return of a character who so obviously died and was actually dead-dead and not just Stefano-dead, so they said that the old Tony was actually Andre and this Tony is really Tony. We swear, they just transcribed the pitch meeting between the agent for the actor who played Tony and the producers of Days and threw it up there on the small screen and hoped no one would notice how wretched it was.</p>
<p>Your blog name is like that in the way that it makes us lose hope in humanity.</p>
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<link>http://thomasduggan.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/when-should-you-use-comic-sans/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasduggan.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/when-should-you-use-comic-sans/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This came from digg, but it deserves a repost.]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-127" title="comic sans" src="http://thomasduggan.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/comic-sans.jpg" alt="When to use comic sans" width="400" height="518" /></p>
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<link>http://radioplasky.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/typografische-bespiegelingen-op-zondagvoormiddag/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Emile Plasky</dc:creator>
<guid>http://radioplasky.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/typografische-bespiegelingen-op-zondagvoormiddag/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Het internet zal nog wel een jaartje of 150 blijven gonzen over Comic Sans, en op i love typography ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Het internet zal nog wel een jaartje of 150 blijven gonzen over Comic Sans, en op <a href="http://ilovetypography.com/" target="_blank"><em>i love typography</em></a> gonst het maandelijks (of zo). Ziehier een aantal standpunten:</p>
<p><span style="display:block;width:425px;margin:0 auto;">  <embed src='http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3734665' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' AllowScriptAccess='always' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' wmode='transparent' flashvars='' /> </p>
<p>Waarom is Comic Sans zo slecht? Laat ons voor één keer niet zeuren over de armzalige kerning (die echt armzalig is), maar laat ons eens kijken wat er allemaal beter kan.</p>
<p>Het volgende filmpje is wellicht het saaiste dat ik ooit zag over typografie, maar tegelijk ook het interessantste. Het is geen visueel spektakel, maar een technische uiteenzetting over de creatie van Duper, een lettertype dat min of meer dezelfde ambitie heeft als Comic Sans: een speelse scriptletter zijn. </p>
<p>Na het zien van deze en de vorige video wordt duidelijk met welke problemen Comic Sans kampt, en hoe Duper ze oplost. Bijzonder leerrijk.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/pSWVrp0N5qI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/pSWVrp0N5qI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Een interessante hypothetische vraag daarbij is: stel dat Comic Sans nooit had bestaan en dat Microsoft  Duper had gelanceerd zoals het  Comic Sans lanceerde, zou iedereen dan nu ook zo&#8217;n hekel hebben aan Duper?</p>
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<link>http://anonimoignorante.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/orcamento-participativo-escrito-a-cinzel-na-pedra-sabao/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anonimoignorante</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anonimoignorante.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/orcamento-participativo-escrito-a-cinzel-na-pedra-sabao/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pois é isso mesmo que a Prefeitura de Congonhas quer propor &#8211; pelo menos é o que entendi da no]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Pois é isso mesmo que a Prefeitura de Congonhas quer propor &#8211; pelo menos é o que entendi da nova campanha feita pela Casablanca, para anunciar o Orçamento participativo na cidade. Confira a obra de arte<a title="Veja a obra de arte aqui" href="http://publiminas.blogspot.com/2009/10/casablanca-cria-campanha-para-orcamento.html" target="_blank"> nesse link</a>, publicado no blog Publiminas.</p>
<p>Eu até dei uma sugestão que apesar de ser meio clichezóide, me parece que funcionaria melhor, demonstrando que Congonhas tem tradição, mas tem modernidade também. Não há necessidade de continuar redigindo os documentos a cinzel. Já inventaram o computador, as telas sensíveis ao toque, essas coisinhas que facilitam a vida da gente.</p>
<p>Tirando a ironia idiota (que quase sempre está presente nos posts do Anônimo Ignorante), eu acho que os profetas de Congonhas são uma obra magnífica e que poderia ter sido melhor utilizada dentro da campanha. Ficou meio simplório. E o acabamento gráfico ficou a desejar, com um baixo relevo estilo preset do Photoshop, no melhor estilo &#8220;Acabei de me formar em Photoshop na Mídia Escola de Artes Visuais &#8211; http://www.midiabh.com.br/&#8221;.</p>
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<link>http://celluloidheroes.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/film-fonts-my-pet-peeves/</link>
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<dc:creator>ashleighrajala</dc:creator>
<guid>http://celluloidheroes.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/film-fonts-my-pet-peeves/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Brigate Comic Sans - L'aberrazione #16]]></title>
<link>http://minimosindacale.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/brigate-comic-sans-laberrazione-16/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>signorc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://minimosindacale.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/brigate-comic-sans-laberrazione-16/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Anche i nuovi &#8220;terroristi&#8221;, proverbialmente affezionati ai caratteri impersonali delle v]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" title="Volantino Brigate Comic Sans" src="http://www.unita.it/img/upload/image/FOTO%20FUORI%20MISURA/VOLANTINOXCESARE.jpg" alt="" width="402" height="600" /> Anche i nuovi &#8220;terroristi&#8221;, proverbialmente affezionati ai caratteri impersonali delle vecchie macchine da scrivere, non resistono al fascino irresistibile del <a title="Comic Sans @Nonciclopedia" href="http://nonciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Comic_Sans" target="_blank">Comic Sans</a>, come un qualsiasi <a title="Bimbominkìa @Nonciclopedia" href="http://nonciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Bimbominkia" target="_blank">bimbo-minkia</a>. Che sia maturata un mutazione genetica in grado di produrre l&#8217;orribile specie dei &#8220;terroristi bimbo-minkia&#8221;?? Le <a title="&#34;Al dottor Bertolaso vogliamo rassicurarlo&#34; @PiovonoRane.L'Espresso" href="http://gilioli.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2009/10/18/%C2%ABal-dottor-bertolaso-vogliamo-rassicurarlo%C2%BB/" target="_blank">riflessioni di Gilioli sulla grammatica alternativa dei neobrigatisti</a> avvalorano questa tesi.</p>
<p>Ancora più sorprendente la mutazione ideologica dei nuovi &#8220;terroristi&#8221;, mutazione che sembra però non aver destato l&#8217;attenzione di certi media, troppo presi dalla minaccia brigatista:</p>
<p>- i terroristi, che un tempo sparavano a giudici e forze dell&#8217;ordine senza troppo indugiare, si fanno paladini della giustizia dello Stato e si propongono come tribunale alternativo alla Corte costituzionale o alla Procura di Milano;</p>
<p>- le nuove Br, in uno slancio parlamentare, chiedono la solidarietà del Pd (come se il Partito democratico non avesse già tanti problemi suoi&#8230;);</p>
<p>- pensano pure al lavoro di Bertolaso, con tanto di inchino e riverenza (notare la D maiuscola di &#8220;dottore&#8221;);</p>
<p>- si inseriscono nella trama delle relazioni internazionali, rassicurando con abile diplomazia mister Obama (chissà che diranno i repubblicani americani, che già lo accusano di &#8220;socialismo&#8221;, questa strana malattia per cui i diritti a una vita dignitosa spettano a tutti gli esseri umani: ma questa è un&#8217;altra storia&#8230;);</p>
<p>- chiedono le dimissioni di un po&#8217; tutti &#8211; Berlusconi, Fini e Bossi &#8211; per evitare di sporcarsi le mani ed evitare una &#8220;rivoluzione armata&#8221; che evidentemente sta ormai fermentando nei sottostrati del Paese. Quanto sono responsabili questi nuovi brigatisti!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[comic sans is regrettable]]></title>
<link>http://blagwobsite.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/comic-sans-is-on-some-list-of-regrettable-stuff/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>charlay</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blagwobsite.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/comic-sans-is-on-some-list-of-regrettable-stuff/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[What Is Graphic Design?]]></title>
<link>http://dencemond.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/what-is-graphic-design/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>deniz cem önduygu</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dencemond.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/what-is-graphic-design/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When you see books that consist of famous designers&#8217; answers to the question &#8220;What is gr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>When you see books that consist of famous designers&#8217; answers to the question &#8220;What is graphic design?&#8221;, you get tempted to formulate your own answer. Here is mine, a humble addition to the literature:</p>
<blockquote><p>Graphic design is to spend hours to choose between Baskerville and Mrs Eaves for a poster targeted at people who are just confident that Comic Sans is the best.</p>
<p>— Deniz Cem Önduygu, 2009</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, the more I talk to non-design people about design, the more I lose my faith in the fancy definitions about &#8220;providing creative <em>solutions</em>&#8221; and &#8220;answering to people&#8217;s <em>needs</em>.&#8221; No, there is just one bloody need, and its solution is Comic Sans! Wake up! We all work hard to look good to ourselves and to other designers! And that&#8217;s pretty enough of a definition if you ask me, I&#8217;m not at all nihilistic about this whole thing. We are a happy little community, and I love it. (I have a memetic explanation I plan to elaborate on my MA thesis, by the way. It&#8217;s top secret for now.)</p>
<p>To any fellow designer depressed by these thoughts: don&#8217;t be. Keep doing your thing, at least for me. Know that <em>I</em>, for one, care about your kerning. <em>I</em> care about your grid. <em>I</em> care about your en dashes.</p>
<p>I dedicate these to all my past and future clients:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/VfprIxNfCjk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/VfprIxNfCjk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/qgcX0y1Nzhs&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/qgcX0y1Nzhs&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/5igTIBSnV7c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/5igTIBSnV7c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>And I dedicate the beautiful white space above to the Turkish court who banned Youtube.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Paveline and Sabio Discounted By 40%]]></title>
<link>http://gatf.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/paveline-and-sabio-discounted-by-40/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gatf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gatf.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/paveline-and-sabio-discounted-by-40/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re pleased to announce two new special offers on Myfonts.com-the newly released Paveline an]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>We&#8217;re pleased to announce two new special offers on Myfonts.com-the newly released <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/paveline/" target="_self">Paveline</a> and the well established <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/sabio/" target="_blank">Sabio</a> families.</p>
<p><a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/paveline/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-463" title="Paveline_Sale_Poster" src="http://gatf.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/paveline_sale_poster1.png" alt="Paveline_Sale_Poster" width="450" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/sabio/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-469" title="Sabio450" src="http://gatf.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sabio450.png" alt="Sabio450" width="450" height="225" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Paveline Released]]></title>
<link>http://gatf.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/paveline-released/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gatf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gatf.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/paveline-released/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We have just released Paveline on Myfonts.com.   Paveline is a punctuated script; by which we mean i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-457" title="Paveline_Poster" src="http://gatf.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/paveline_poster.png" alt="Paveline_Poster" width="450" height="225" /></p>
<p>We have just released Paveline on <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/paveline/" target="_blank">Myfonts.com</a>.  </p>
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<p>Paveline is a punctuated script; by which we mean it has the look and character of handwriting, but the glyphs are discrete entities to aid legibility. It is actually based on a moderately stylized adaptation of our chief designer’s handwriting. Use it to give a handwritten touch to your work. Paveline works well as small handwriting or large scale poster captions.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-461" title="Paveline_Gallery_4" src="http://gatf.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/paveline_gallery_4.png" alt="Paveline_Gallery_4" width="450" height="422" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-459" title="Paveline_Gallery_2" src="http://gatf.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/paveline_gallery_2.png" alt="Paveline_Gallery_2" width="450" height="680" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-458" title="Paveline_Gallery_1" src="http://gatf.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/paveline_gallery_1.png" alt="Paveline_Gallery_1" width="450" height="284" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-460" title="Paveline_Gallery_3" src="http://gatf.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/paveline_gallery_3.png" alt="Paveline_Gallery_3" width="450" height="654" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[PRIMEIRA CAMISETA DA GRIFFE IGNORANTE!]]></title>
<link>http://anonimoignorante.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/primeira-camiseta-da-griffe-ignorante/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anonimoignorante</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anonimoignorante.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/primeira-camiseta-da-griffe-ignorante/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Meus caros: para mostrar que ignorância e moda andam juntas, bolei essa que é a primeira camiseta da]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Meus caros: para mostrar que ignorância e moda andam juntas, bolei essa que é a primeira camiseta da Griffe Ignorante, a futura loja virtual do Anônimo Ignorante.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-40" title="comic sans2" src="http://anonimoignorante.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/comic-sans2.jpg" alt="comic sans2" width="420" height="319" /></p>
<p>Se você é COOL, precisa descolar uma camiseta &#8220;HELVETICA&#8221; ou  &#8220;Simply HELVETICA&#8221;. Mas se você é ignorante, assim como eu, precisa usar &#8220;COMIC SANS&#8221; &#8211; a camiseta mais descolada do momento.</p>
<p>Assim que tiver pronta a primeira remessa eu aviso.</p>
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