Typography – Page 7 – Virtual Brush Box

Text Art: Bridle Colors

Colors Not their official colors [Flash Cards], just festive shades for their schooling bridles. Rodney’s color is green, but not neon green. Letterform inspiration A Letter a Week 2014: JGR Letters for November Instrument of choice Faber-Castell Pitt artist pens. (I have a sampling, not the complete box.) Awesome colors. ~~~ Click here to voteContinue reading “Text Art: Bridle Colors”

Text Art: Nationals

Ribbon colors first through fifth. Brown border represents Fabulous Show Horse. (Although Sam is an awesome lesson horse and Academy mount, he gets offended if people refer to him as such.) Post originally planned for Sunday of the National Academy Championship Horse Show. Didn’t get to it. Had to rely on emergency llamas. This shouldContinue reading “Text Art: Nationals”

Text Art: On The Map

RODNEY, MS “It was in the 1840’s and 1850’s — during the heyday of steamboats and cotton — that Rodney became one of Mississippi’s most prosperous towns and the busiest river port between New Orleans and St. Louis. In fact, it missed being named the capital of Mississippi by three votes.” Southern Lagniappe: A PlaceContinue reading “Text Art: On The Map”

Text Art: Straws

Text Art: Banishing the F-word

My reinterpretation of Life Muses by Ro‘s nifty graphic 10 Tips for Overcoming F**r. (Click on the blue lettering under the share buttons to pull up the jpg.) The first tip is “Do something. Anything. F**r feeds on inaction.” Excellent advice all through. However, my understanding is that the practicing mind does not register negatives.Continue reading “Text Art: Banishing the F-word”

Did I Piss Off the Universe and Not Notice?

Readers may have noted a lack of Miltonicity in the recent posts. There’s a reason. I rode last weekend. It did not go well. One … Two … Three … Immediately after the third photo, Milton kicked the barrel, had a complete cow, and dumped me. I held on long enough to have a niceContinue reading “Did I Piss Off the Universe and Not Notice?”

Text Art: Old School

For those of us who used a typewriter in college, the Courier font causes an immediate knotting of the stomach. (Gimp’s Nimbus Mono L used here is a variant of Courier. “URW++ produced a version of Courier called Nimbus Mono L in 1984.” Wiki)