9/18/2001

• If you want to spread the seeds of love and peace in the world, you might consider downloading and posting IEEHA's Peace stickers.
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9/17/2001

• Wow.. just discovered the Emergence of Advertising in America Advertising Ephemera collection. Amazing archive - they've even got flyers for "Mastodon shows".  [#]

• Linotype's Font Identifier helps you id an unknown font based on questions like "Does the 'Q' tail cross the circle? " complete with illustrations of each answer. I'm not sure quite how useful it is for identification purposes since you need access to more than just a few scattered letters to answer the questions, but it's potentially a great learning tool for people who want to better understand what distinguishes one typeface from another.  [#]

9/14/2001

• Some controlled vocabulary/thesaurus links:

Thesaurus Construction

FAQ about indexing

Controlled vocab resource guide  [#]

9/13/2001

• I promised myself I wouldn't start posting disaster porn and political stuff here, but I just have to say that this kind of stupidity makes me want to cry.  [#]

9/12/2001

• Phil Agre has some good thoughts on airline security as a design problem: Red Rock Eater Digest - attack  [#]

9/7/2001

• Anyone out there know the story behind the choice of 'fantasy' as one of the five generic CSS font families? I'd love to hear it.  [#]

9/4/2001

• Not sure if I've logged this before, but... Intended as an introduction for visual designers new to the web, Web page design for designers is an excellent overall resource for all things visual design for the web, from typography to iconic symbolism.  [#]