helen blog » typography http://blog.helenyhou.com food, web, wordpress, collaborative piano, thoughts, links, etc. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:51:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The larger a body, the more slowly it moves http://blog.helenyhou.com/2011/06/the-larger-a-body-the-more-slowly-it-moves/ http://blog.helenyhou.com/2011/06/the-larger-a-body-the-more-slowly-it-moves/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:05:34 +0000 Helen http://blog.helenyhou.com/?p=771 GoDaddy was making me want to brain myself (IIS6 with PHP in safe mode!!!! ARRRRGHHHHHH), so I took a break, bought a swashy font (Parfumerie Script Pro) off my wishlist, and went to town setting a sentence and then tracing it with a metallic gel pen. Might have to frame this one and put it in my office as a patience reminder.

The larger a body

]]> http://blog.helenyhou.com/2011/06/the-larger-a-body-the-more-slowly-it-moves/feed/ 2 Handwriting script trial http://blog.helenyhou.com/2011/05/handwriting-script-trial/ http://blog.helenyhou.com/2011/05/handwriting-script-trial/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 03:33:02 +0000 Helen http://blog.helenyhou.com/?p=731 Decided to relax after writing practice by making something cute and in my own basic handwriting. Chinito is Adrian’s family’s nickname for him. Funny how a Chinese girl managed to marry a Costa Rican nicknamed Chinese. Or maybe it makes 100% sense. Also note that my natural handwriting is very much straight up and down – a clear indicator of my Type A personality. The proper 55° slant is proving very difficult for me.

Chinito ♥

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ocean

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The workshop was supposed to be from 10AM-1PM, but we definitely went overtime. The instructor, Mitch, was very knowledgeable, patient, supportive, and perceptive. I definitely want to take more classes at the center – looking at pointed pen calligraphy next. Birthday present, anybody?

For this workshop, we were making a card, so I decided that it would be smart to make one for Adrian’s mom (since it’s her 50th and I can’t go to Costa Rica this week for her birthday party). I plotted a few ideas in my head before class and knew that I was thinking of centered justified text for the front, which turned out to be much harder when you only have pre-defined typefaces and sizes! No .5pt sizes like I have in Illustrator. Luckily, I found a really great Gothic font with just enough all-caps letters and a couple of 36pt ornaments to make the top line match the bottom two in width, so I set that for the front and a line in Helvetica for the back (just to let her know that, you know, I made it myself). We printed on a Vandercook No. 4 proof press with Pantone violet. The paper wasn’t super soft so it isn’t super debossed, but I’m happy with my final product!

And of course, pics or it didn’t happen:

@RochesterArts Letterpress workshop was awesome!! on Twitpic @RochesterArts Letterpress workshop was awesome!! on Twitpic

]]> http://blog.helenyhou.com/2010/08/letterpress-workshop/feed/ 0 Why aren’t all music videos just typography? [NSFW] http://blog.helenyhou.com/2010/08/why-arent-all-music-videos-just-typography-nsfw/ http://blog.helenyhou.com/2010/08/why-arent-all-music-videos-just-typography-nsfw/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:33:17 +0000 Helen http://blog.helenyhou.com/?p=549

Ah, Ceelo. Now I don’t have to Google the lyrics to your song!

]]> http://blog.helenyhou.com/2010/08/why-arent-all-music-videos-just-typography-nsfw/feed/ 0 My husband is a Mr. Bauhaus http://blog.helenyhou.com/2010/07/my-husband-is-a-mr-bauhaus/ http://blog.helenyhou.com/2010/07/my-husband-is-a-mr-bauhaus/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:36:41 +0000 Helen http://blog.helenyhou.com/?p=490 Typestaches! So cute!

Typestaches

Buy a screenprint at Old Tom Foolery

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