typefaces & beardfaces

For all you font nerds out there...typocalypse.


And for all you hairy bastards, a little beardography:

feltron report 2007

Last year (to the day, in fact), I wrote about receiving my copy of Nicholas Felton's personal annual report for 2006. A couple weeks ago I received a copy for this year as well. Again, it's pretty amazing stuff filled with pie charts, graphs, maps and lovely typography. Get yours here.

Some annual facts for 2007 include:
Average Taxi Fare: $9.35
Percentage of Photos posted to Flickr: 3%
Tennis Rackets Purchased: 1
Tennis Matches Played: None
Worst Beverage: Yak Milk Tea

an early birthday present to me

It's my birthday next Tuesday and I decided to do an early splurge. Happy birthday to me!


Yesterday I purchased these two lovely prints from Green Chair Press on etsy. I had been coveting a couple of her typography prints for months now and decided that there was no time like birthday time to spend some cash on me! Seriously, how great is etsy? Pretty much most of my best purchases in the past year have been from various etsy shops. I love it.

Now I've got to get to work and start creating some new cards for my own etsy shop to make up any cash shortfall!

personal annual report

Yesterday I received the best mail. Not only was the envelope a stunning work of typography and design, but the contents were amazing.


In January, I had come across a website that mentioned that there was a designer in New York City who would mail out his personal annual report to anyone who asked. I was intrigued and since I love getting mail, I emailed Nicholas Felton if he would be so kind to mail me his report. And yesterday, this beautifully designed booklet of Nicholas' facts from 2006 was set out before me in black, white and yellow. Facts like:

Days on Jury Duty: 5
Plants Killed: 4
Best New Artist: Battles
Airports Visited: 8
Digital VS Analog Photographs: 37:1
Swimming Adventures: 2
Best Movie: The New World

I love it. And it's now available for perusal online.

today was sunny outside. really.

I've been in a drawing mood of late (hence the new header). It must be the coming of spring and changes and new things to look forward to. Today on my walk, I saw daffodils and crocuses and cherry blossoms rearing their heads into the sunshine. I can't wait for winter to shake it's tail feathers right outta here. I'm lucky that we live in a pretty snow-less climate (tho this winter was pretty chilly for the rainy northwest) and our winters are pretty mild in comparison to life out east. Hooray that. As for other changes...next week I'll be taking a typography class at Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design. I've always wanted to study typography so I'm pretty excited to give up one Wednesday a week for the next month or so. I love learning new things so to say that I'm super excited is a bit of an understatement. Whooo for new things!