Tuesday’s Type Tip: Double Trouble
Okay folks, this one’s going to annoy some of you… You must stop double spacing after periods. Period. The practice of putting two spaces at the end of a sentence is a throwback to the days of the typewriter. For those of you born after 1975, this is a typewriter: Most of us over a…
WTF Wednesday: The Mess with Texas
Howdy folks. I’m writing this post while on a drive back from Houston, Texas—the Dutch oven of our fair state. Don’t worry, I’m not actually doing the driving. I leave that up to Mr. Weenie and Wally the Poodle (whose foot keeps hitting the space bar). As I stare off across picturesque fields of grazing…
Graphic Design Nightmare
This past weekend my sister and I headed down to San Antonio for a little R&R. We stayed at the Hyatt on the Riverwalk, where we enjoyed lots of Mexican food, shopping and even a foot massage. The highlight of my trip was coming across the following monstrosity. It’s as if spa management handed over…
The WeenieReview, Part Deux: Which poster sucks less?
Hello again, and welcome to Part 2 of the “Which poster sucks less?” series. Before viewing the video, I must issue a warning: No, I was not in an unfortunate tanning bed incident. While trying to make myself look a little less like the undead, I added a bit too much makeup. Therefore, I shall…
WTF Wednesday: Seek, and ye shall find.
That’s right—it’s everybody’s favorite day of the week—“WTF Wednesday!” Photo credits: Creative Commons: ecastro, adactio, Clearly Ambiguous
Tuesday’s Type Tip: Tracking vs. Kerning
It’s not that Tracking and Kerning have it out for each other; they’re just different breeds of the same species. While kerning refers to the adjustment of space between two specific letters, tracking deals with space between multiple letters in a word, line or paragraph of text. Tracking is the drunk sorority girl of typography,…
The Weenie Review: Which poster sucks less?
Howdy folks! IleenieWeenie here. I’m still practicing this video thing, so please excuse the amateurish presentation that follows. I haven’t learned how to edit or use an external microphone, which will become crystal clear momentarily. This post is dedicated to two of my favorite followers, “Newbie” and “Mom.” (No really–my mom.) Newbie is an online…
WeenieFiles: Part 2
Good news everyone! I learned an important lesson while making my first graphic design video, and it is this: The video camera is not an iPhone; turning it sideways only annoys the viewer. Also, I used a tripod this time, which helps with the motion sickness. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do for the…
WTF Wednesday: Danger, A Head
It’s Wednesday again, and you know what that means… WTF? Today’s signs are meant for our safety. I can’t fathom how many lives were saved by such clear messaging.
Tuesday’s Type Tip: Stacking lowercase type is a bad idea.
Check out this sign on an apartment building in my neighborhood. It sucks. It’s not that stacked type is in and of itself a bad thing, but stacking lowercase type is criminal. Don’t do it. The end.
