Topic: Calligraphy
Mark Simonson put together this little sampler of his lettering work.
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Mark Simonson put together this little sampler of his lettering work.
Dandy Chicago -- cool old pencil sharpener for sale on Swedish auction site tradera.com. Auction ends 28.Jan.2006. (I am not bidding and I don't know the seller.)
Scripto 1958 ad found at plan59.com by P-E Fronning of Martin Klasch
Swissbit s.beat -- I read about this cool tool in Stockholm City, a Swiss army knife with mp3-player from Swissbit.com
Neil Gaiman asks: "What are the characteristics of a 'writing-a-novel sort of pen' as opposed to a 'signing-your-name pen'?" He says: "The Lamy 2000 is a poor signing pen, it skips and scratches when you go fast, but it's fine if I've slowed up enough to write words rather than to do a signature." Read more in Neil Gaiman's journal.
I like this old wooden Pencil Box with Abacus, ('Anker-Kasten mit Druckknopf gesetzlich geschultzt') sold on Swedish auction site tradera.com, 22.Jan.2006. Winning bid: 205 SEK approx. $ 27 USD (I didn't bid, and I don't know the seller.)
Spencerian advertisement for sale on eBay. "Wonderful Spencerian Pen Ad. Copyright 1902 by the Spencerian Pen Co. N.Y. Measure 4 inches x 7 inches, has great color and subject..."
Domino -- nice little vase by Stig Lindberg, Gustavsberg, 1955 for sale on Swedish auction site tradera.com. Auction ends 22.Jan.2006. (I am not bidding, and I don't know the seller.)
Gaskell's Compendium of Forms -- Social, Educational, Legal and Commercial. Penmanship, Correspondence, Etiquette, Poetry. -- "George A. Gaskell (1844-1885) was one of the most famous calligraphers in America. Gaskell's Complete Compendium of Elegant Writing (1873) was a bestseller, with over 250,000 copies sold in ten years. It inspired a whole generation of penmanship students, many of whom became prominent calligraphers later on (Louis Madarasz, for example). Gaskell was also the author of The Penman's Hand-Book (1883), another excellent calligraphy manual, and he was the editor of what was almost certainly the first monthly journal dedicated to calligraphy and penmanship. [Note: However, Gaskell was perhaps most famous as the author/compiler of a book called Gaskell's Compendium of Forms, Educational, Social, Legal and Commercial -- a massive tome on etiquette, etc., that no self-respecting Victorian gentleman or lady could do without reading.]"
My Pen Is Huge -- funny cheap offensive t-shirt from deezteez
Eastman Kodak Co. today unveiled a new logo -- its first such change in a half century. Read more in Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 6. Jan. 2006. (via bold)
Cancel Something -- Think about all the things you've invited or allowed into your life in the past couple years... Read more in 43folders.com
New album -- there are more than 200 photos in my my flickr, so I am moving the oldest images to this new Photo Album (using the tripod photo album builder)
The Paul Smith Fountain Pen looks cool. "Luxury lacquered fountain pen with silver key line and silver nib featuring the signature Paul smith 'twist' clip.
Penmanship machine from the 1950's for sale on eBay. "This is antique penmanship machine that is from the 1950's. It is made of cardboard and wooden knobs that when you turn them you can see the item that you are spelling and the correct penmanship of how its written. Very cool vintage item. The item was made by Mastercraft Toy Company in New York."
A Happy New Year -- Pen Drawing and Design by Samuel E. Bartow, The American Penman, January 1932, Vol.49, Number Five, page 139
Esterbrook Christmas 1948 ad, found at Bamboo Trading
Alphabet evolution animation -- Here's a really nice animation of the evolution of the Latin alphabet, from c. 900 BC to the Middle Ages. (via boing boing)
PRESTO Recording Corporation was a power-house company in the broadcast and recording industry, and most radio stations and networks that made use of disc recorders for delayed broadcast, or air checks, etc., were users of PRESTO EQUIPMENT. All of the major broadcast network headquarters, as well as many recording studios used PRESTO recorders. Check out the Presto History Page (via linkfilter.net)
Pupils as young as four have been banned from taking pencil cases to school - in case they are used to smuggle sharp weapons. The drastic action was taken after a boy was cut with a letter opener during "boisterous play". Paul Starkie, aged nine, suffered minor cuts to his chest and leg following the incident at St Anne's Primary School, Denton, earlier this week. Teachers discovered that the steel blade had been brought into school hidden in a pencil case. Now all 209 girls and boys at the Tameside school have been banned from taking pencil cases and their contents into the classroom to prevent any other "potentially harmful instruments" being brought into the school.
