Day 107: Untapped

Fragment: In everything I saw, I saw opportunity
Font: Futura
Quoted: Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos, Nigeria

"The poor may be lacking in money as individuals but together, in their tens of millions, represent an untapped resource."

Day 106: Facts of Life

Fragment: If you wait til the last hour, it only takes an hour.
Font: Univers
Quoted: Allen Zhang

A strange fact of life that I'm not endorsing. Allen said this a long time ago, but I thought of it while debating whether or not to start packing for my trip out of town tomorrow night. Allen also said that when he gives advice, he thinks of what he would do, then chooses the opposite. Somehow, he's still one of my heroes. Miss you already.

Day 105: Ugly Feet

Fragment: Only the secure can truly pretend
Font: Helvetica
Quoted: Dr. Jay to Lenore in The Broom of The System, by David Foster Wallace


"Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet"




I've realized that due to a downgrade in quality, the fragment is pretty had to read after uploading. I've made an alternate, below, with 85% black, over Registration (the one above is 95% over Registration, and it comes out just fine on my computer)
As with all fragments, click to enlarge.

When it comes down to serious business black in not really black. A strange quality of printing is that, in general, everything comes out darker than you see it on the screen... my guess is that this comes from the lighting of the screen. The exception to this rule is Black. In inDesign, there are two options, that look pretty much the same: Black and Registration. Black has CMY values of 0% and a K value of 100%, so in theory, it  is 100% black. Registration, on the other hand, has CMYK all set to 100%. It's telling the printer, "All jets on!" which gets you a rich, glossy black.

Day 104: Beatles or the Rolling Stones

Fragment: Got no time to take a picture
Font: Din Black
Quoted: Metric

Gimme Sympathy

Day 103: Feet Phase

Fragment: Do I deserve to be an artist?
Font: Helvetica
Quoted: Mia Thompson


I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes through a photography phase. You know, horses... taking dumb pictures of your feet.


Charlotte, in Lost in Translation

102: Rain Makes Corn

Fragment: This is country music.
Font: Garamond
Quoted: Brad Paisley

I never thought there would come the day when I would appreciate country music, but I guess the day is here. Country music on open roads.... Thanks for the Tip, Allen.

Day 101: Vibrations

Fragment: Sometimes I hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living
Font: Futura
Quoted: Jonathan Safran Foer, in Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close


I really, really like this book. It's like a little puzzle. In other news, apparently they're coming out with a Tom Hanks/Sandra Bullock movie version.......