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The Golden Cockerel Press, based initially in Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, was founded in 1920 and soon became one of the foremost private presses in England, producing high quality publications and they are credited with helping the renaissance of illustration such as original wood engraving in books of the day. One of the many artists associated with the Press was Eric Gill who in 1929 to 1931 produced a typeface for the Press itself. This example was printed at the Cambridge University Press, for the Fleuron, and shows the initials that were developed as the typeface that was first used in 1931.
While in the same vein and spirit as Burgues and Compendium, Bellissima began from an entirely different thread as those fonts. It started with Alex Trochut generously showing me a gorgeous lettering book from his grandfather's library: Bellezas de la Caligrafía, by Ramón Stirling, 1844. Stirling was one of the Latin calligraphy pioneers who introduced a refined version of English calligraphy in Spain and made it popular in the nineteenth century.
Some scans from that book served as initial basis for the caps in my Poem Script. But it was always in the back of my mind that I should do a copperplate, and the Stirling model was the perfect source. My intention was to veer away from Stirling's exuberant ornamentation, and work within simplified forms of his ideas. As it usually is with most of my projects, Bellissima became its own bird and shaped its own flying patterns. Suddenly there were many ligatures, multiple endings and swashed connections, hundreds of alternates for both uppercase and lowercase.
Bellissima has an effusive energy that appeals much beyond its sourcing. It's intended for these modern times of appreciation for old crafty things like stationary and letterpress, where its origins help it shine brightly.
Bellissima Script Pro is a complete font with almost 2000 characters full of alternates, swashes, ligatures & ornaments covering a wide palette of latin languages and Bellissima Script Redux is a random sample of glyphs totally usable with a reduced price.
3D art in that Specimen generously provided by Corey Holms.
To celebrate this new font release there is a 30% off discount at @myfonts and you can get the Pro version for just 55$ or a Redux (a random selection of 256 glyphs) for only 34$
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For those of you have asked - the highlighted roads are where we travelled for two weeks. It took us through Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon. I will post as many photos as I think you might find interesting as we travel the route together. For those that are planning a trip - this will give you a little idea of what you will find.
Tiny Vessels by Death Cab for Cutie.
I'm pretty sure this is what he would of said to me if he had the guts.
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Una missione del Seicento alla scoperta della Georgia
Vent' anni fa, nel 1987, il gemellaggio fra l' allora città sovietica di Tbilisi e Palermo rendeva brevemente visibile la figura di due monaci palermitani vissuti nel XVII secolo, Francesco Maria Maggio e Cristoforo Castelli. In una targa affissa in via dell' Università, in italiano e in esotici caratteri georgiani i due teatini sono ricordati come «messaggeri di amicizia e cultura».
A selection of Italian Blues Explosion, Soul, Garage Rock, Thai Funk, Indian Groove (Hare Baba), Lollywood, Rock, Italian Hip Hop, Soul (Original Sample) and Lebanese soul...
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Alternative Title: Nikkō oyama no ezu
Creator: [Unknown]
Date Issued: 1800
Source: University of British Columbia Library - Rare Books and Special Collections. Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era.
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PC Kenneth MacKenzie and PC Duncan Campbell (SEE UPDATE below) - These two officers died on military service in the Great War. A marble plaque was erected by their colleagues following the following motion at the meeting of the Inverness Burgh Police Joint Branch Board of the Scottish Police Federation held on 19 February 1924:
"PC (Donald) Mackenzie proposed the erection of a Marble Tablet, or some such memorial, to commemorate the names of Constable Mackenzie and Constable D. Campbell, who fell in the late war. This was seconded by PC K. MacLeod and agreed to."
The tablet would have stood proudly within the former Inverness Burgh Police Office at Castle Wynd. In preparation for that building's demolition in the late 1950s, the tablet was removed (and either then or while "temporarily stored") it sustained damage - breaking into two across where the laurel wreaths are on either side. Thankfully the two pieces still fit perfectly back together. Since then the tablet has remained in storage, initially at the "temporary" (1960-1974) Farraline Park Police Station and then at Police HQ at Old Perth Road (both the old building, opened in 1974 and its successor on the same site in 2009).
Recently, thanks to the efforts of Chief Superintendent Julian Innes (then Northern Constabulary Operational Commander, and now Highlands & Islands Divisional Commander) and Mr Peter Pratt and Mr Jim Kelday, Building Maintenance Officers at Police HQ, Inverness, the tablet has finally returned to the light of day. It now is sited in front of the Police Scotland Divisional HQ (previously northern Constabulary HQ) in Inverness. It is still broken but hopefully this can be rectified.
For comparison, I have edited out the breakage in one of the two images to show how it would have looked originally.
The wording reads:
(At the top of the tablet - between the two dates - is the coat of arms of the Royal Burgh of Inverness, which was also the cap badge of the Burgh force at the time)
1914 (coat of arms) 1918
TO THE MEMORY OF
CONSTABLES
DUNCAN CAMPBELL
AND
KENNETH MACKENZIE
OF THE INVERNESS BURGH POLICE
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ERECTED BY THEIR POLICE COMRADES
Note: Unfortunately, so many soldiers and sailors with those names fell in the First World War that – in the absence of further details – it has not (so far) been possible to identify from the CWGC
Commonwealth War Graves Commission) database when and where these officers fell. Unfortunately, the officers’ details are not on record – the surviving Personnel Register post-dating their service. It has obviously been re-written in the 1920s to take account only of those officers then serving, and the previous volume was likely destroyed a long time ago. As ever, my enquires are however continuing.
It is a quirk of fate that the memorial now lies where it does, since the current Police HQ – which is located nowadays well within the boundaries of the huge conurbation which is the “City of Inverness” – is located far outside the former Royal Burgh of Inverness. When built in 1974, the HQ was right on the edge of the latter Town boundary, but Inverness has long been the fastest growing town/city in the UK. A century ago however, the Inverness-shire Constabulary had a station (Culcabock) closer to the Burgh‘s then boundary than HQ currently lies. Culcabock village has of course long since been swallowed up by urban Inverness.
At least, almost one century after their supreme sacrifice, the fallen officers are again publicly remembered. (My sincere thanks again to Messrs Innes, Kelday and Pratt for their action in this respect)
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.”
Ode of Remembrance by Laurence Binyon
Well, truthfully, the fact that I'm wearing socks has NOTHING to do with writing, but hey, it sounded cool.
I am finally trying to do something with my life that doesn't involve taking care of other people. SO! I've started doing research for a fantasy novel I've wanted to write for ages. Leslie was supposed to be writing her time capsule, but she didn't want to do it, so she took pictures of me instead.
So, this is me whoring it up for Ms. Leslie, because... er, well, we don't usually need a reason, really ^_^
Sideways, Upside-down or Backwards
Torah scrolls are written backwards in Hebrew...
...or is our western writing backwards?
Jacob - יעקב
I honestly thought the transition between working and retirement would have been easier. The thought of not heading up my trauma team has filled me with sadness, I loved my job and I miss it greatly. I was threatenning to go back on the agency but I think my consultants would throw a hissy-fit! But things have got alot easier over the past few weeks, the sun is out and I have some trips planned for the next few weeks and some in the pipeline. The book is going just OK but the last read back did not inspire me and I am easily pleased!. So with help from my publisher there will be a minor rewrite over the next couple of months. I suppose I am more used to writing trauma, paediatric, dental and nuclear medicine imaging books and should not be so hard on myself. So, after my return from Jersey, hopefully the trip will get the juices flowing again "I will be mostly working from the garden writing room"