Holga Luv

This is what dreams are made of.

Secret

We chose to put our secret on the bus stop because of the frequent traffic at this particular bus stop. The bus stop is a very public place, people are constantly looking at the route map, so we figured it would be the perfect place for a secret. The readability is clear because of the contrast of the black letters and the light background of the map. The secret is at eye level and can be easily viewed by anyone sitting or walking by the bus stop.





We chose the cross stop button because like the bus stop, it is a very public place. Anyone who needs to cross the street will push this button and hopefully they will see the secret. The readability of the metallic background and the black letters provides a good contrast that mirrors the other parts of the button. The user ability is affected because not everyone looks down at the button before pressing it.



The side mirrors are usually private, used by the driver. We chose to place the secret on the side mirror because its guaranteed that the driver will look at the mirrors eventually and the purpose was to get it into the public, so a random driver will see it, making the secret public.







The street sign is viewed by anyone who is trying to park so they know when is an acceptable time to park on the street. This makes the secret public, because many people will view and interact with this sign on a daily basis. The readability is clear up close because of the contrast between the orange in the sign and the black lettering, however, from a distance, it is difficult to see.










The meter reader of the turbine will see the secret making it public. Anyone walking by can notice the secret because the black lettering stands out against of the fogginess of the plastic box. In terms of the user ability, most people won't notice it unless they're close to the turbine which is along the side of a building next to dumpsters.

Only 4 more days...

Christmas is over and done with. One more holiday to go.

My annotated bibliography for typography

tetrafluoromethane (Propellant 134A) a dedication

Some recent graffiti around the city.










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In the kitchen, cookin up some marvelous ish

Sara, Jordan, and I are baking typography cookies. Some of the cookies are sans serif, while others have slab serifs. Some of our cookies contain text slang like "lol", "WTF?" and "k : )" They are most delicious. I can't believe tomorrow is the last day of typography. The semester has gone by in a flash. I have learned so much in typography, more than I ever imagined, and I worked really hard. I feel like I finally understand typography. I used to get so frustrated in the class because I felt like I was didn't know what I was doing, especially when I would compare myself to others. I would just let myself get overwhelmed. Finally I just let it all go and stopped worrying about what other people were doing. Now I enjoy going to class and I wish that I could have more time just to dedicate to typography. Hopefully next year I can take advanced typography. I have definitely come to better appreciate the letter form and type.

Goldfish Gill(fish)

I love goldfish crackers. They're so tasty and delightfully salty. When I was reading the back of the bag I suddenly got excited. I thought to myself "the pissed of fish in the story is named Gill and it looks almost like the typeface they used for some of the packaging is Gill Sans!" I wish I could say that this is Gill Sans, but the "l"s, the "y"s and the question mark "?" are definitely different.
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