As if being being a customer weren't bad enough. Eh Mike?
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24 June 2008
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52 fonts
- from albertus to zapf dingbats
The 52 fonts that you could use instead of Helvetica.
my pantone past
- the pantone color specifier
It's been a colourful career, so far.
top tips for typesetters
- six golden rules
The post that first spelt it out: the important things to get right when you start dealing with type.
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Adding insult to injury - rumor has it the entire concept was ripped off from www.bigballoonrace.com, which was created in 2006. Not sure if there's any truth in it...
Posted by: Simko | 24 June 2008 at 02:28 PM
This is so ignorantly plain stupid and commercial that it's almost funny.
Posted by: vos | 24 June 2008 at 03:18 PM
Can we direct vast numbers of Orange customers to the O2 site? Or hang messages from balloons saying 'Orange: give me a decent phone or I'm off?' Then we'd have something going.
I heard tell of a David Bowie concert where he promised to play whatever track was voted for most online, and there was a concerted effort to ensure The Laughing Gnome won out. We need that sort of thing.
Oh but hang on, I've just remembered: I actually have a life.
Posted by: Mike Reed | 24 June 2008 at 04:30 PM
Or how about redirecting all Orange customers to Blacks http://www.blacks.co.uk ? As a useful reminder that wherever we choose to pitch our tent we'll be without a mobile signal.
Posted by: davidthedesigner | 24 June 2008 at 04:39 PM
I was tempted to create some webpages with rude messages for Orange on them, then submit them. But (a) Orange presumably vet the submitted sites, otherwise people would undoubtedly be adding porn sites or whatever, and (b) all it does is feed the PR mill. Let's just forget about it and move on.
Posted by: Mike Reed | 25 June 2008 at 09:48 AM
The subject's closed, Mike - at least on this blog. My lips are sealed and I'll say no more. Even Ben's beginning to have his doubts (by sitting on the fence and then riding off in both directions).
Mind you, I am very tempted to create a web page to submit to Orange on the subject of BILFs, if you catch my drift?
Posted by: davidthedesigner | 25 June 2008 at 10:07 AM
I believe I do, David.
Nuff said.
Posted by: Mike Reed | 26 June 2008 at 02:57 PM