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Wednesday 24th July 2024 This is a trivial post about typefaces, spurred by my reading of the book “Just My Type”, reviewed in the books sub forum. After reading that book I investigated some of the typefaces discussed in the book with caught my eye, and I decided to have a look for more. I only ha...

Doesn't necessarily have to be the light version, I just happen to prefer lighter typefaces. It was more the overall readability of Calibri on a screen which I value. Calibri for sans serif, perhaps Georgia for serif, and Consolas for monospaced (i.e. typewriter style). I have like Consolas for a lo...

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield, 2010. I was really looking forward to reading this book as I have a passing interest in the design of signs and magazines and books but I knew practically nothing of typefaces because, well, they’re pretty much all the same, right? Well sort of. D...

Sycorax wrote: ↑22 Jan 2024, 23:36 I've never in my life met a person with autism who lacked empathy. It may be expressed slightly differently than what neurotypicals are accustomed to, sure, but different doesn't mean "bad" or "nonexistent”.

ABSOLUTELY this 100%

NEW LIST as of 2024-01-10 1. Assam, Twinings. Loose leaf. 2. English Breakfast, Twinings. Loose leaf. 3. Morrison's Everyday, Morrisons supermarket. Loose leaf. 4. PG Tips. Loose leaf. Subject to demotion if quality continues to decline. 5. Sainsbury's Red Label Loose Tea 250g (£1.65 [66p / 100g]). ...

thatalex wrote: ↑28 Nov 2023, 12:12 I just bought Amazon Prime by mistake. Can anyone tell me what is to watch on there before I cancel my membership??

I enjoyed watching "Elementary" with Sick Boy out of Trainspotting, it's a modern day re-telling of Sherlock Holmes set in New York City. Could try that.

Radio Times 4-10 November 2023 pp. 12-15

Some waffle but might be of interest to Beatles fans.

Total tangent of course, but regarding B&W films - I agree with the Ebert quote and in fact he might have explained what it is I enjoy about film noir cinematography so much.... https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/nov/10/mean-moody-and-magnificent-film-noir-studio-portraits-in-picture...

Yeah, I did go off on a tangent there. I've recently been getting into the Film Noir style. This summer's fave was Hell Is a City (1960), which I definitely pestered Roy_Castle's_Trumpet to watch for its scenes and sounds of Manchester. The only one I've seen from the posted link is Sunset Boulevar...

The most notorious example of poor cinematogrophy in TV is by Fabian Wagner, who made everything so dark that no one could see anything. Why go on a quest for realism when you're filming fantasy TV? I have a sneaking suspicion that this too-dark phenomenon is loosely related to the loudness wars in...