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Now, American lawmakers want to take things one step further on their own turf. They are putting the entertainment lobby ahead of their own voters, by seeking to pass legislation that puts the US on the same playing-field as Iran, China and North Korea.
There’s always some asshole reminding us that human evolution is a very slow process.
Me, on Facebook, just now
Solitude Kilbirnie Post Office box lobby at night. Just felt inspired to take it.
Unscripted launch event gallery, by Robert Catto
Just added a gallery of images from the launch event last night for Unscripted, an exhibition showing off the hidden talents of Wellington’s film industry - designers, crew, everyone from runners to drivers to top makeup artists and sculptors.
Sir Richard Taylor and Gino Acevedo welcomed…
Somewhere in there is a photograph of me with Lucire intern Sabine Ernest on her last night in Wellington before returning to California, and two of me with the Mayor and James Nesbitt (your guess: which one is Dr Tom Jackman and which one is Hyde).
JY&A Fonts are rupee sign-equipped
Nine of JY&A Fonts’ families now have the rupee symbol. We’re not quite the first—an open source family beat us to it—but we’re among the first. The Unicode folks only announced the keyboard shortcut for Indian users last month, so I look forward to seeing my rupee symbols in action soon!
More swashes Some new characters I’m putting in to the re-issue of JY Pinnacle, in an OpenType Pro edition later this year. These aren’t completely ready yet—even at this res, you can see a few problems.
The new sterling When JY Pinnacle is re-released in OpenType later this year, this is the new pound sterling sign. I admit the 1995 one I did was crap. I was in such a hurry to get it done for 1996, and the reissue gives me a chance, 15 years on, to fix certain things.
The non-conformist Because being default is boring.
March 2010: that other time I got Hollywood in on the ‘Wellywood’ issue
My first anti-Wellywood-sign press release from March 2010. Ever get the feeling it’s Groundhog Day?
