Started a new font this week and at the same time started this book which I amÂ unfortunately just gobbling up. My font making friend Nancy sent it to me because she thought I would like it and I do. It is a murder mystery (which I rarely read) that includes rare book collecting, printing and designing of typefaces used in those books. I love the small sections where the author talks about type in the same way I think about type. Makes me think of our recent trip to the Hamilton Type Museum.

And I have a nice start to this new Flower & Leaf Border font. This shows 8 letters. Each letter is in this case typed 3 times to get the repeat. This is still in the rough stages and it will change as I go along. I will also add a second piece to each that will be a mask. That would allow someone to type 'a' and add a color to it and then type "A" and have the line drawing stack on top of the colored mask. Or at least that is what I am thinking now. This would be an open type feature and I don't know how to do that part right now. Right now I am in the fun creative drawing part of the font.

A while ago I posted this painting with just the peacock background color on it. This is a close up of a small section I like. It is about 2' x 4'. I think I need some marigold color somewhere. In the mean time it is a nice splash of color in the stairwell.

John has a nice project of his own going that I am doing a few little things for. He is making a Little Library that will look like our condo and be in our front yard. Our deadline for that is later this month, I'll blog about that when it is done.