Promise you! I’m literally going to cut my throat if I see that word again. Oh dear, I just have, Excuse me while I go and look for my grandpa’s cut-throat razor… Fortunately, I couldn’t find it and I’m still […]
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Typeface of the week – Univers
Univers lives up to its name – it’s universal, probably the most used typeface in the world. The popularity is largely because it’s so bland, characterless, and inoffensive that it can safely be used for anything from baby food to […]
Project documentation – Request for Proposal (RFP)
The Request for Proposal (RFP) is the single most important pre-award project document. A well written RFP, supported by a well managed RFP process, greatly increases the likelihood of a successful project. The key word here is process. When the […]
If one picture = 1,000 words, how many does a movie need?
Imagine a movie running in your head… just like reading a book when a mental projector illustrates the action as you turn the pages. (At least it does in my case.) The same principle applies in script-writing – or screenplay […]
Typeface of the week – Rockwell
Perhaps because it’s reminiscent of typewriter output, Rockwell creates a sense of urgency as a text-face – that you’re reading direct from the author’s page without the intermediate delay of a compositor having to assemble the words or key them […]
Project documentation – The Project Charter
This is the first in a series of posts each discussing one of the must have documents without which any project is likely to fail. The Project Charter is the document that breathes life into the project. Everyone knows that […]
How proofreading ruins everything
The longer I worked in the writing trade, the more familiar I became with the processes of editing. From taking the first blush of an idea through each phase of creative development to final print requires dedication – to theme, […]
Taking the black beast by the horns
Although Black Ram whisky features prominently in my diet, a black beast is seldom far away. (Bête noire to the uninitiated). Sometimes these beasts run rampant and rival their bullish counterparts at the annual encierro in Spain’s Pamplona. Tonne, icon, […]
Typeface of the week – Cheltenham
An old typesetters’ saying was “You can’t beat Chelt”. Usually as reaction to having to work with a ‘new-fangled’ face like Excelsior or Century. They had a point. Cheltenham, aka Gloucester (check your atlas!) had its merits but for some […]
That Bourgeois is just my type, of course…
What has been seen by millions but few would be able to identify correctly in a police station lineup? In different context, this would probably be a good pub-quiz stumper, but our column’s title must be a dead giveaway. The […]