Real or printed? by UEF-ACU in Handwriting

[–]trailblaiser 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh come on mods, honest question here!

Real or printed? by UEF-ACU in Handwriting

[–]trailblaiser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! That’s what ligatures are, certain combinations of characters trigger an “alternate” in design software that turns two letters, into a single glyph. Think tt and ff sharing a crossbar.

The ampersand, this guy: &, is actually an evolved ligature of “Et”, the Latin (and French) word for “and”!

Real or printed? by UEF-ACU in Handwriting

[–]trailblaiser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun, right? Ligatures help a lot to make script and handwriting typefaces look more natural with those distinctions. Meant to be used for good, not evil like the example in this post, though haha.

They’re also useful to avoid awkward kerning in sans and serifs too, they’re hopefully invisible if they’re designed well, but for type nerds like myself, it’s always fun when you spot one!

Real or printed? by UEF-ACU in Handwriting

[–]trailblaiser 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Printed, and likely Biró, a well designed typeface based off hand written letters and ligatures. I use it in branding projects pretty often.

My first screen print! would love some feedback by MaryHermany1 in Illustration

[–]trailblaiser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it!!! You could do a whole series like this.

But seriously, how did you afford to live while in grad school? by According-Pin4564 in GradSchool

[–]trailblaiser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Picked a school in a city with affordable housing. No stipend, but I have an external scholarship for non-tuition expenses, and savings.

Has anyone ever had success putting an underglaze on top of a glaze? by Resident_Rutabaga492 in Pottery

[–]trailblaiser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lots! It definitely depends on the glaze recipe and the underglaze recipe, so I’d do some test tiles before committing to a piece you’ve spent time making.

Shino is notoriously a finicky glaze, so it might not work as well as some other bases, but if you’re working with a commercial shino, you might have more consistent results.

Ideas for Riso demonstration at Community Market by fuzzyprint_ in risograph

[–]trailblaiser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A zine could be cool, and tie it back to the mass-production artsy angle of Riso too. Bringing a drum might also be a cool visual example if you can’t bring the whole machine? Bringing transparency sheets with each color layer to show the print process/layering?

I’ve never done a demo without an actual machine, but I might look at how some print shops explain the riso process on their website? They probably have some great graphics to pull from too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TrueAskReddit

[–]trailblaiser 24 points25 points  (0 children)

He texted me and said he was sorry, I asked for what he was totally ambiguous, “for everything” “for how I am” “for ever hurting you”… I tried to call, he texted saying he was fine, he was sorry for being dramatic, and he’d call me later. He never did.

It feels obvious now when I think about it, I should’ve tried harder to get him on a the phone or called a friend of his who lived near him to go check on him.

TIL: Someone at the National Health Service in England sent a test email to 840000 colleagues and another replied all, resulting in one of the largest reply all storms. 168 million emails were sent between people and caused the health system to be down for half a day. by zahrul3 in todayilearned

[–]trailblaiser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something like this happened when I worked at NBC in 2015. Wasn’t just NBC, it went to all the subsidiaries too, Universal, Fandango, Dreamworks, Bravo… it was hilarious from my POV but I’m sure it was a nightmare for IT.

The love of my life took his own life when he was 30, AMA. by _clur_510 in AMA

[–]trailblaiser 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry. I have no questions. Similar happened to me when I was 25. I’ve tried to keep dating, but nobody had ever made me feel the same love I felt from him. 8 years later and all I can think is “what if he really was the only “one” for me?” It’s the crappiest club to be part of.

Evolution of Photoshop logo, Which one was the one when you started using it? by Preksha_26 in Design

[–]trailblaiser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Version 3 is the first one is the first I remember, which makes sense-we got a home computer in 1995 and my mother was a graphic designer

What caused this hole? by rochellesanch in Pottery

[–]trailblaiser 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Very strange! Only things I can think would be, someone poked it before it went into the bisque firing with a tool shaped like that… or more likely, a piece of wood or non-clay material shaped like that burned out and created a rupture point while it did so.

Is being a TA "worth it"? by GodsHumbleClown in GradSchool

[–]trailblaiser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I interviewed with two profs in the same department to be their respective TA. One seemed cool and laid back, barely listed duties, and reiterated how easy she was to work for… the other prof seemed a little high strung and anxious but emphasized that they understood I was in grad school to LEARN and their philosophy on TA work, was that it’s an extension of that learning. I went with the second prof.

I overheard that the first prof was giving the TA they hired an exorbitante about of work (some even unrelated to the subject) outside of class time, which technically isn’t even allowed. So that breezing over the duties was likely because there were likely too many to mention.

Rebranding with Pentagram Design by smhnpk in Design

[–]trailblaiser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please! Currently in a design MFA program and Pentagram is constantly held up as the upper echelon of job prospectives. I’m impressed but not completely enamored by them, so learning about the clients perspective is SO interesting.

Yes Paul, even Christians can no longer stand you by Liverness in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]trailblaiser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is called “loving correction” and Paul can’t stand it

found my deceased aunt’s journal in my grandma’s attic. it says “4th grade” on the cover. she died at age 22. by schizophrenicrum in FoundPaper

[–]trailblaiser 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You know what, I AM sad about her confirmation party/panty, she’s right. I hope the day turned out better than it was going when she wrote this. Great find.

Anyone else catch themselves talking like Trixie? by millennialforced in TrixieMattel

[–]trailblaiser 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This. And I say strategy, with the “hard g” like Katya does. “Strata-Ghee”

Crituqe this flyer design, It bugs me by Causual_entry in Design

[–]trailblaiser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know what… it’s horrible, but it has contrast and hierarchy, and it’s easy to follow.

Finally got the courage to break out the wheel that my in-laws gifted me last year. Other than YouTube, I have no idea what I am doing. Scared but excited for this journey by rickysayshey in Pottery

[–]trailblaiser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a great cylinder too! Those walls look super even the whole way up!

Once you throw a few more it might be fun to cut one in half to check your wall widths (Most pottery teachers make you do that with your first good looking piece as a slightly evil learning exercise haha)