He wore the purple
“Constantius was a man of overwhelming dignity. . . . He wore the purple, a heavy robe which hung from shoulder to heel; on his head was a fillet of silver set with pearls.”
—Gore Vidal, Julian, 1964.
Ellipses
“Ellipses . . . are . . . great.”
—Oscar Wilde (attributed)
Typophile Film Festival 5
American Letterpress
Endless Letterpress
There is no escape from form
“Everything has shape, if you look for it. There is no escape from form.”
—Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children, 1981. (p. 221)
Ralph Lauren’s photoshop disasters
100 Colors
Nothing is without meaning
“Nothing is without meaning: not without reason are blushes red. My uncle Hanif said, ‘Watch out for the Communists!’ and my mother turned scarlet; politics and emotions were united in her cheeks. . . .”
—Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children, 1981. (p. 212)
a dark rug
“We were led down a lush black carpet—midnight-black, black as lies, crow-black, anger-black, the black of ‘hai-yo, black man!’; in short, a dark rug. . . .”
—Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children, 1981. (p. 437)