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Archive for March, 2008

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Typeface of the week: FF Unit Rounded

While it is soft, FF Unit Rounded isn’t a sausage face or one suited only for comic strips. It looks friendly without losing its precision. How could you not love those ligatures? Get FF Unit Rounded here for free: http://www.fontshop.com/freefonts

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Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Beautiful Wine Labels

Buccella Wine So simple and beautiful! And look at that large italic 5! Wax seal…oh my! *Swoon* After embarking on my Holiday Wine project, seeing these labels inspires me to make more seasonal gifts. Hmmm…perhaps May Day wine? via thedieline

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Friday, March 28th, 2008

CSS Design Directories

My site is featured on CSS Glance and Inspiration Folder! I wonder who submitted it to them…

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Web Design Rap!

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

Typeface of the week: Romeral

In an effort to learn more about type I’m going to make a goal to post about typefaces I enjoy on a weekly basis. This weeks find is a sexy, thick slab serif called Romeral by Juan Pablo De Gregorio. “Romeral is designed to produce a noticeable visual impact that invites the audience to the [...]

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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Fixed Blog, Drunk Squirrel

WordPress thought it was december 31st, 2001 yesterday. Something got screwed up so I re-installed. Seemed to have messed up old entries. Oh well! Here is a lovely youtube vide of a drunk squirrel!