BEOWOLF—A DIGITALLY UNRULY TYPEFACE (FOR A WHILE, THAT IS)
AS DESCRIBED BY John L. Walters in his fascinating Fifty Typefaces That Changed the World, “Few recent typefaces can claim to be as radical—anarchistic, even— as Beowolf….” Imagine a typeface … Continue reading
THE AIRCRAFT DRAWINGS OF DOUGLAS ROLFE PART 2
YESTERDAY IN Part 1, we examined two of the aircraft illustrated by Douglas Rolfe in his Airplanes of the World: 843 Planes, From Pusher to Jet 1490-1954. Here are two … Continue reading
THE AIRCRAFT DRAWINGS OF DOUGLAS ROLFE PART 1
RECENTLY I WAS IDLY LEAFING through Douglas Rolfe’s Airplanes of the World when I realized how many of my GMax projects had been rendered in Rolfe’s illustrations. Indeed, his book … Continue reading
ON FEMININE RHYMES
I CONFESS BEING BLISSFULLY ignorant of modern pop music. I got as far as Rasputina’s cello rock and Bikini Kill’s grrrl riot, but not much further. Indeed, I continue to … Continue reading
DEBRETT’S ENCOUNTER WITH ROSEBUD
DEBRETT’S IS A TRADITIONAL British company renowned for publishing Debrett’s Peerage & Baronage, the standard guide to the aristocratic families of Europe. According to Wikipedia, “The last printed edition was … Continue reading
DON’T FORGET HYBRIDS
LINDSAY BROOKE IS Editor-in-Chief of Automotive Engineering, the monthly magazine of SAE International. It was 1979 when I jumped ship to R&T from the Society of Automotive Engineers (its interim … Continue reading
THE CONTINENT BY MOTOR CAR, ACCORDING TO WALKERLEY PART 2
RODNEY WALKERLEY ENJOYED being an Englishman traveling in post-war Europe. We continue here in Part 2 with his cogent commentary gleaned from Motoring Abroad, accompanied by Brockbank’s witty illustrations. There’s … Continue reading
THE CONTINENT BY MOTOR CAR, ACCORDING TO WALKERLEY PART 1
“THE CONTINENT,” OF COURSE, refers to that place isolated when the English Channel has a significant storm. And Rodney Walkerley was “Athos” of The Motor magazine and author of Motoring … Continue reading
HOW TO BECOME EXTINCT
THE FASCINATING BOOK EXTINCT, recently reviewed here at SimanaitisSays, describes six different categories of extinction: Failed, Superseded, Enforced, Defunct, Aestivated, and Visionary. Here are tidbits about these criteria and examples … Continue reading
SLEUTHING WOMEN
A RECENT UNEARTHING of the book Detectionary yields tidbits on the fair sex in mystery fiction. There’s also an interesting bibliographic tale of the book itself. Back by Popular Demand. … Continue reading
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