Gravatar
Topic: Blogging
This is my new gravatar -- "A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80x80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Avatars help identify your posts on web forums, so why not on weblogs?" Learn more at gravatar.com

("Every gravatar submission is rated with an MPAA style rating before it is made publicly available. A G rated gravatar is suitable for display on all websites with any audience type. Nothing potentially offensive will be given this rating.")

The first newspaper in Scandinavia - Denmark 1749
Topic: Typography
Newspaper Index proudly presents: The first newspaper in Scandinavia (1749) now online. Read more in Newspaper Index by Danish jornalist Hans Henrik Lichtenberg. (link via Boing Boing)

¶Download the entire newspaper as PDF (580kB).

Signs from Cambodia
Topic: Signs
Khmer Graphic Design at Planet Typography's Typographic Times -- Unusual photographies of posters and signs taken during a trip in Cambodia by Jean-Christophe Loubet del Bayle

Do Not Enter Signs Around The World
Topic: Signs
Do Not Enter - A collection of "Do Not" and "Do Not Enter" signs Around The World.

Technorati - What's happening on the Web right now
Topic: Blogging
I just added Niblog to Technorati. "Technorati is a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere -- the world of weblogs."

Technorati Profile

Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors & Students
Topic: Typography

Var är du? - Where are you?
Topic: Blogging
Var är du? Svenska bloggar på karta. (Where are you? - Swedish blogs on the map.)

The PenStroke Studio Pen-Wrap
Topic: Pens, Pencils
One Of A Kind Pen Wraps, sewn on vintage sewing machines by US artist Laurie A.E. O'Meara.

Sin City Movie Site
Topic: Comics
The Sin City Movie Site is up at sincitythemovie.com (via Thought Balloons)

»More links related to Frank Miller's Sin City in this post 30.Dec.2004.

Ulixa - Comic Book Font
Topic: Typography
ULIXA is a comic book typeface designed by Canadian designer, Branimir Zlamalik R.G.D. This 6-font family comes in 3 weights: light, regular and bold, with matching italics. Ulixa is drawn in upper-case only. Buy Ulixa at alphabet-design.com
(link via microsoft typography news)

¶My Comics Fonts Page is updated.

Technorati tags: lettering : fonts : comics

MoCCA's NOW THEN online exhibit
Topic: Comics
MoCCA's Now Then online exhibit -- "What did professional comic artists draw like when they were 12 years old, you ask? The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is pleased to answer the question with NOW THEN, our second online exhibit." (via cartoonbrew.com)

Golden paper celebrates golden period
Topic: Design
BEIJING, 3. Feb.2005 -- The world's first newspaper printed on gold paper was officially issued in Shenzhen, in southern China's Guangdong province yesterday. The paper, called the "Chinese Flourishing Period", is published by the China Economic Daily to commemorate the achievements of the past ten sessions of China's top legislative body. The golden newspaper has two editions, a "rare" edition and a "luxury" edition, each one will be limited to a run of 36 editions. The rare edition uses 500 grams of gold and each copy is priced at 69,000 yuan, or about 8,100 US dollars, while the luxury edition uses 200 grams of gold and will sell for 29,000 yuan, or about 3,500 US dollars. The newspaper has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. (Source: CRIENGLISH.com / Photo: Sina.com) »Via Xinhuanet and Boing Boing«

Photoblogs.org - The Photoblog Resource
Topic: Photography
Photoblogs.org - "This site started in 2002 as a simple list of 15 photoblogs. The site allowed anyone to add a new photoblog to the list... Several people did. Now there are 8,210 sites..."

I Choo Choo Choose You. Happy Valentines!
Topic: Animation
Valentine cards from the Simpsons -- Download the "I Choo- Choo- Choose You" and the "Bee Mine" Valentine's Day cards from the Simpsons at Geoff Stearns' blog, deconcept.com

M?nen tur och retur - Objectif Lune
Topic: Comics
Månen tur och retur - del 1 - Tintin Book Number 16 - the new Swedish translation by Björn Wahlberg is available in the stores now. More about Tintin on my TINTIN PAGE

»Köp Månen tur och retur från Bokus Bokhandel (Swedish bookstore)
»Search eBay auctions for Tintin Books and Collectibles

YAFA Pen and Woody Wagon Collectible Set
Topic: Pens, Pencils
Yafa Pen and Woody Wagon -- This cool set includes a classic 1949 Ford Woody Station Wagon replica and a Yafa pen handcrafted from genuine maple and rosewood inlays.

"Pull Surfboard out from right side. The pen rests on the surfboard rack."

¶Read more at Yafa Pen Co.
¶Search eBay for Yafa Pens

Writing on the Wall
Topic: Design
Write your own message on the wall. Free e-cards on LetterJames.de
(link via Buzz.)

Manga Links
Topic: Comics
The Manga Links are updated. Manga tutorials, Manga books and Manga pens.

Paper CD Case
Topic: Music
papercdcase.com -- Use this website to create a PDF file which can be printed and folded to create a paper CD case. Jewel case inserts can also be created. (via linkfilter)

Pencil in Sign Language
Topic: Pens, Pencils
"Dear All, This Web Site is deticated for those who want to learn Sign Language.... Pls learn it either for your interest or need, and start to communicate with those deaf, don't let them be alone, togather, we can build the care society. All contain is scan and organize from Tan Yap's 'Belajar Bahasa Isyarat Dalam Sepuluh Jam' teaching material to this web base electronic format."

»Learn more at My Sign Language by Malaysian Chinese, Song Jing