tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post3013541730337207673..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Steve Jobs on connecting the dotsMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-27632796403339936362008-01-16T09:15:00.000-06:002008-01-16T09:15:00.000-06:00Thanks Michael, great stuff!A movie called Helveti...Thanks Michael, great stuff!<BR/>A movie called Helvetica? Maybe the beginnings of the Typestyle genre!Tom the Piper's Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276483798334833387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-88893862360269005452008-01-15T22:48:00.000-06:002008-01-15T22:48:00.000-06:00Tom, have you seen Helvetica? There's a great mome...Tom, have you seen <I>Helvetica</I>? There's a great moment with Tobias Frere-Jones holding and talking about an old NYC street sign. You'd also like this Flickr set: <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8790226@N06/sets/72157602200897216/" REL="nofollow">Typographic walking tour</A>.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-70241585479328320482008-01-15T20:59:00.000-06:002008-01-15T20:59:00.000-06:00On a "macrocosmic" I find Jobs' article very posit...On a "macrocosmic" I find Jobs' article very positive.<BR/>On a (slightly more than) microcosmic level i am reminded of the fact that I spent 16 years of my life as a "sign painter/lettering artist" who saw my trade gradually move towards extinction (i left the "trade") because people could slap out digitally created vinyl signs, company logos, in a fraction of the time it took to handpaint them. One would hope that as the technology changed the sense of artistry and individuality that once was there (yes, admittedly only among a talented and driven minority of the hand letterers) would remain but all around me i see a sameness and coldness of style that is the result of "convenience". Most people these days no longer have the attntion span to really appreciate the subtle intricacies of such lost arts, much less put the effort into learning them. Even calligraphy is not merely the duplication, digitally of a fixed style, there is a human element that is not imitatable by the mere selection of software.Tom the Piper's Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276483798334833387noreply@blogger.com