Σφαῖρα ψυχῆς αὐτοειδής, ὅταν μήτε ἐκτείνηται ἐπί τι μήτε ἔσω συντρέχῃ μήτε σπειρᾶται μήτε συνιζάνῃ, ἀλλὰ φωτὶ λάμπηται ᾧ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὁρᾷ τὴν πάντων καὶ τὴν ἐν αὑτῇ.
- The soul is a ‘sphere truly shaped’ when it neither projects itself towards anything outside nor shrinks together inwardly, neither expands nor contracts, but irradiates a light whereby it sees the reality of all things and the reality that is in itself.
Marcus Aurelius | Marcus Aurelius | Book XI
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Seems I have a single entry that garners most of the traffic, about web typography. Not a strength, but repeated exposure, and certain rhetorical teaching devices serve to “Learn me something.”
The “median average” font family fascinates me.
It’s the typeface family I’ve been using for a while, and I like its story as much as I like its looks. It’s a medium, almost heavy-bodied version and in the smaller sizes, not exactly the most legible, but the idea that it is an artistic rendering of averages, a sum total blended rather than a single style, I’ll find that even more appealing. The idea, in my mind, the best of the most common faces, all blended together and then posted as a single set.
Prompted, more than anything, by looking for correct elements to use when placing horoscope archives into a single, portable, hopefully indexed and annotated format.
Not a hard question in simple terms, classical settings, a variation of Times-Roman for the body text, and a simple Sans Serif like Geneva or Helvetica for the headlines.
I do tend to flip stuff around, though.
Normal doesn’t apply.
The most reasoned discussions centered on using sans serif family or typeface for the body, and for my eye? A contrasting serif for headlines, probably roll the footers and navigation bars in as well.
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When Mercury is retrograde, I’ll play with various design options as there’s room — and time – for mistakes, misses, mishaps, and miscues.
Some works. Most doesn’t. Still looking for what pleases my tastes, and remains most legible.
Especially for the archives.
the Portable Mercury Retrograde
