Archive for March, 2010
Note
March 12th, 2010
It’s all in the details…
Final Eyes, the online presence of proofreading, copyediting, and quality assurance wordsmith Jen Schuetz, highlights examples of small inaccuracies that many copywriters and designers overlook when sculpting copy.
Something so tiny, so unassuming, yet so annoying and so maddening. (On improper use of the apostrophe.)
In ‘Three Little Lines’, Schuetz outlines when to use the hyphen (-) over the en dash (–) or em dash (—) and vice versa.
As of late, the usage of the hyphen, en dash, and em dash (and their ultimate confusion) has been maddening.
It’s all in the details…
Want
March 12th, 2010
Colosseo
Designer extraordinaire Cameron Moll has announced his most recent letterpress poster: Colosseo. Taking over a year to complete Colosseo was “carefully crafted with Roman and Italian typefaces” and “inspired by master calligrapher M. Giovambattista Palatino”. By the way, it’s my birthday today. Anyone feeling generous?