Maybe the most essential state for a writer, among the several states we might beneficently inhabit, is to be immersed in the language, and you know you’re doing it right when you dream in texts, or start encountering a lot of weird coincidences, where say for example you are writing a short story while in a meeting, or while listening to a YouTube video, and someone says a word just as you’re writing or revising it (sometimes a divided consciousness serves as affirmation of its unity).<\/p>\n
So here are four text-and-type related things to check-out, at your letterholic leisure<\/p>\n
Profile of Jonathan Hoeffler and Tobias Frere-Jones<\/a>, the best type designers in America<\/a>, and stars of Helvetica<\/i> (which you should watch, if you haven’t) win an AIGA medal and get this profile.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Why X is used as a placeholder for an unknown variable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n