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onpaperwings

@onpaperwings@typo.social

Creative director, writer, filmmaker, and cyclist living in Denver, CO.

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OMG, this is the best thing you will read today: “Leaving an AirBnB Review For “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch”

https://open.substack.com/pub/roxanneparis/p/leaving-an-airbnb-review-for-the?r=o2vhs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Anyone happen to have a 1973 Typeshop font catalog?

Either in Portland, or who has a scanner and might be willing to do a couple of pages, if they are complete samples.

onpaperwings,
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@tphinney Perhaps @BijouType?

onpaperwings, to random
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Do you love type and mechanical watches? I know several of you on here do just like me!

Give a listen to my second podcast interview for Monotype with Lee Yuen-Rapati, designer of typography specifically for watches: https://www.monotype.com/resources/expertise/creative-characters-s4-e9-lee-yuen-rapati

(he works for Fears Watch Company and designed the numerals for my beautiful Archival 1930 watch seen below)

Fears Archival 1930 watch on my wrist from Fears Watch Company
Fears Archival 1930 watch on my wrist from Fears Watch Company — there is a fire in a fireplace in the background
Fears Archival 1930 watch on my wrist from Fears Watch Company

onpaperwings,
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@sajatype Thanks! I love it very much. Like a Cartier Tank and JLC Reverso, but different and more unique.

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@Stuarthazley Very nice! Love the unique date window location.

The recent TH Skipper has really caught my eye: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/new-tag-heuer-skipper-2023

And of course, it would be great to have a Monaco one day…

onpaperwings,
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@Stuarthazley Love them all! That Mido is super classy.

Here are my three good watches: Hermes Slim d’ Hermes, Fears Archival 1930, and Baltic Hermétique Tourer

onpaperwings,
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@Stuarthazley I gotta say, I love the Baltic. I purchased it as a relatively low-cost watch, but the quality is amazing and I love the green color.

It is the perfect “weekend watch” that I can wear in the garden, running errands, going to kid’s soccer and never have to worry about it.

Luke, to random
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Dark Matter pokes all my synapses.

Seconds into the trailer I knew I had to watch this show.
Two episodes in and we’re loving it.
#Quantum #ManyWorlds #superposition

onpaperwings,
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@maxvoltar @Luke @scottboms Dealerplate Ohio - https://www.myfonts.com/products/ohio-dealerplate-248925

onpaperwings,
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@Luke That page links to a foundry page (at least on desktop) - https://www.myfonts.com/collections/typodermic-foundry but beyond that, ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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It’s Friday.

Want to listen to a podcast about the venn diagram of typography and mechanical watches?

Of course you do: https://www.monotype.com/resources/expertise/creative-characters-s4-e9-lee-yuen-rapati

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“BIG RED!”

This is the most common type specimen book Mergenthaler Linotype Company produced and it is a fantastic reference to the many typefaces they designed. It was released in 1939 and thousands of copies were printed, but I’ve never seen an official number.

These are my two personal copies: the very first one I was given by a printer, which is wonderfully dirty from many hands with ink all over them, and then a pristine copy that I found on the Internet a few years ago.

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Two large, red books with the words LINOTYPE TYPE FACES on the covers. One is faded red and dirty, while the other is bright and clean.
Two large, red books with the words LINOTYPE TYPE FACES on the covers. One is faded red and dirty, while the other is bright and clean.

onpaperwings,
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The final image is an advertisement for the red fabric cover material that was supplied by Holliston Mills, Inc. of Norwood, Massachusetts.

I never thought about how a company would advertise another company’s book, but of course this would be something to brag about with so many large books published and in the hands of so many printers!

As it says in the ad, Linotype used Holliston ‘“Caxton” Buckram fabric to bind Big Red.

Thanks to @Okay from @okay for sharing the image.

Black and white advertisement showcasing the Linotype “Big Red” book. The text says: MANHANDLED THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CLOTH BINDING AND THE RIGHT BINDING CLOTH Picked up, thumbed through, laid down - hundreds of times - in busy offices and shops, working books must have working bindings if they are to endure. Holliston Binding Fabrics not only embellish a catalog, manual, elaborate presentation or even re-use gift box — they also give it that important quality of long, active service. Shown here is "Linotype Faces," bound in Holliston "Caxton" Buckram. There are many types and colors of fabrics from which to choose. Our nearest service office will give you interested, authoritative aid. THE HOLLISTON MILLS, INC., NORWOOD, MASS.

onpaperwings,
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@C_Miller Thanks so much for sharing!

Also related, my own tour of the factory buildings: https://realdougwilson.com/writing/visiting-linotype-and-machinery

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Do you consider yourself an expert in icons and typography or have the passion to become one?

Do you live in NYC or SF? (and yes, that is required, sadly)

If you answered yes to both of these questions, I highly suggest you give a look at this new position for Staff Visual Designer, Core at Google: https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/102156249721643718-staff-visual-designer-core

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Today is the one-year anniversary of my Linotype Book Project!

To mark this anniversary, I posted a video with updates on the project and (because I’m a nerd) I show three books that also celebrate anniversaries related to the Linotype.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7UiHh-x88f/

onpaperwings,
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Somehow haven’t heard about my book project?

Well, start here: https://linotypebook.com/

onpaperwings,
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From the beginning, I’ve wanted to be as transparent about the process as I truly believe it to be a journey and not just an end product to sell. So here are a few stats:

8 - libraries, museums, and archives visited

3 - first-person interviews conducted (plus four interviews by others transcribed)

150 - publications and books added to the bibliography

600 - subscribers to the newsletter

78 - paid subscribers

onpaperwings,
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And of course, let’s talk dollars and cents:

From the first year of paid subscribers, I netted about $4,500. A majority of this was from one-time payments, so I expect this year to net around $1,250 or so.

Every penny I’ve received has gone directly to costs of research: flights, hotels, camera/lens rentals, purchasing books not available in libraries, and tech/backup costs.

It’s not a lot, but the financial support keeps me going and I'm so thankful for it.

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AirPort Utility was discontinued years ago. It only worked with Apple’s base stations. It does not scan a network in a useful way. Some fact checking when referring people to software would be very useful. https://wapo.st/3wHyd0P There are third-party Wi-Fi network scanners that are very helpful.

onpaperwings,
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@glennf I’m having some weird wifi issues at home. What apps/software do you recommend, then?

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Good grief, Billie Eilish’s “BLUE” is on repeat over here and so beautifully done.

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For the three of you still on here on a Friday afternoon/evening, I just added two new images to my VERY photo-heavy blog post about the beautiful and restored Linotype & Machinery factory building outside of Manchester, England:

https://realdougwilson.com/writing/visiting-linotype-and-machinery

I shot these images from my recent research at the @letterformarchive in SF and St. Bride Foundation Library in London.

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Attention Colorado friends!

As of April 1, 2024, there is a $450 e-bike tax credit AT THE POINT OF SALE (instead of having to deal with a complicated rebate system) but only certain retailers are participating: https://www.wheatridgecyclery.com/articles/e-bike-rebate-program-pg572.htm

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Which reminds me that I need to write an update to my own e-bike blog post: https://realdougwilson.com/writing/globe-haul-st-short-term-review

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A new Billie Eilish album?!

I’ll take it.

Okay, to random
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Oh... https://www.oakknoll.com/pages/books/138928/francesco-colonna/hypnerotomachia-poliphili

onpaperwings,
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@Okay

MY LORD GIF from Walker Texas Ranger

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