Squawk - Weblog

Mini Transat Cutaway Boat

2009-07-09T20:52:38Z

If you haven’t already noticed the paragraph on my homepage, I am preparing a campaign for the 2011 Mini Transat. The Mini Transat is a solo race across the Atlantic in high-performance 21 foot sailing boats. More about that at a later date…

Logged (1)

2009-05-07T20:17:34Z

I started collecting random bits that don’t fit in the sidenotes and are too small for the weblog. From now on I will release them into the wild every once in a while in the form of Logged posts.

Squawk v3… Realigned and painted orange

2009-03-22T23:31:45Z

The third version of Squawk is now online: A couple of small design updates, some spring cleaning in the weblog and the switch to Textpattern from ExpressionEngine are among the biggest changes.

The dos & donts of online portfolios [6]

2008-02-12T10:26:00Z

It is lots of little details that make a great portfolio. A well-executed portfolio could be the difference between receiving a commission or not.

Blackletter black sheep [4]

2008-01-27T04:11:01Z

It is time again to upload a page from my sketchbook. I withheld this particular one for a while as I thought that it might be used somewhere else… it wasn’t… so here it is:

The Blackletter Black Sheep: (In)proper capitalisation makes you lonely

Blackletter black sheep

The typographers out there probably already know this, but the story goes as follows: In 1936 the type-designer Fredric Goudy received a certificate for excellence in type design. After having glanced at it, he remarked that the person who designed this certificate would probably also steal sheep. The reason for this assault was that the type was set in all-caps Blackletter, which not only looks ridiculous but is also incredibly illegible.