i also love typography

Pet theory of the day: nerdism begets more nerdism. Which is to say, people who dive deep into one subject matter, deeper than their peer group norm, tend to dive deep into all subjects. The simple and obvious explanation for this phenomenon is that deep divers are simply intellectually curious about, well, everything. This observation isn’t all that profound, but it is a nice lead-in to my favorite new blog http://ilovetypography.com/.

Yes, a blog about fonts. And I’m mclovin’ it.

That there are people out there who get as frustrated about typography mistakes as I do about computer mistakes makes me happy, and I demand that you read this link:

Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes:

typographic faux pas are not as potentially dangerous as grammatical fuckups – there’s little chance that using a period instead of an interpunct will obscure or confuse your meaning – but they are nevertheless wrong, at least for the time being. The large-type heading for each section contains an example of a typographic mistake; if you can see what’s wrong in each one before reading the explanation below, give yourself a pat on the back. Then examine your life priorities.

And you thought I was a nerd!