calligraphy Dream not quite come true I've heard a lot about the St. Gallen library in Switzerland which hosts a number old manuscripts. I've looked at some of pages from the books that they have at the e-codices site. It seemed like the most wonderful place in the world for someone like
type Chaika: Cyrillic typeface One day I was browsing Lebedev's "business lynch" web-site, and came across somebody's question about the font used in the Chaika sewing machine logo. The verdict of the person who had looked at it ran along the lines of "that letter Ч has
calligraphy Holiday card season! It is holiday season again, which means it is time to send greeting cards to friends, family and neighbors. This year, I decided to make my own cards. I have made quite a few cards in the past, but it has always been one card at a time, usually for
calligraphy Assignment #2: Refine the logo It's been a little while since I've written about my design class and its assignments. Part of the reason for that is I have dropped the class, so I only have one more assignment to write about. As you may remember from my previous post, I
calligraphy Assignment #1: 5 logo versions I am currently taking Design 2 at SVC (svcseattle.com). This post is about the first assignment. Objective Make 5 high quality sketches for different logo treatments for a company. Additional information The name of the company is Mana Fine Furniture. It is a small high end furniture manufacturer based
calligraphy Pointed pen Cyrillic In August, I went to the TypeCon conference in Denver to learn more about Cyrillic typefaces. The main reason for my interest was that I had tried to write Cyrillic with a broad-edged pen in the past, but it didn't quite work. For Latin, you always hold the
calligraphy How long is too long? This is a project that I have been working on since 2012. I finally finished it a couple weeks ago, and as I was nearing the completion, I thought: how long should I work on my projects? Sometimes, I want to take some extra time to make it even better,
