Comments for Alphabet Soup http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com The Blog of Michael Doret Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Please Note: New URL for Alphabet Soup Blog by José Cruz http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=795#comment-5127 José Cruz Wed, 12 May 2010 20:23:20 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=795#comment-5127 BTW- The Alphabet Soup logo on top of your new blog still directs you to the old blog! BTW- The Alphabet Soup logo on top of your new blog still directs you to the old blog!

]]> Comment on Art Imitates Life…Imitates Art (Canter’s Truck #3 of 3) by Bruce Schneider http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5110 Bruce Schneider Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:23:20 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5110 Great work as always, Michael. Louie did an excellent job of wrapping the truck. I'm with José—that's not something I would attempt! Great work as always, Michael. Louie did an excellent job of wrapping the truck. I’m with José—that’s not something I would attempt!

]]> Comment on Art Imitates Life…Imitates Art (Canter’s Truck #3 of 3) by Michael Doret http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5068 Michael Doret Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:03:29 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5068 That's Bonnie. She's the one who found and hired me for this project. "All driven"? There's only one truck at this point, although I'm sure they all hope it turns into a fleet. That’s Bonnie. She’s the one who found and hired me for this project. “All driven”? There’s only one truck at this point, although I’m sure they all hope it turns into a fleet.

]]> Comment on Art Imitates Life…Imitates Art (Canter’s Truck #3 of 3) by José Cruz http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5066 José Cruz Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:13:31 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5066 Are you on their route? Are they all driven by cute chix? Are you on their route?
Are they all driven by cute chix?

]]> Comment on Art Imitates Life…Imitates Art (Canter’s Truck #3 of 3) by Michael Doret http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5064 Michael Doret Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:15:07 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5064 Yeah, I have to admit it...it was fun! And I get all the Matzoh Ball soup I can eat. Yeah, I have to admit it…it was fun! And I get all the Matzoh Ball soup I can eat.

]]> Comment on Art Imitates Life…Imitates Art (Canter’s Truck #3 of 3) by José Cruz http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5063 José Cruz Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:11:31 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=708#comment-5063 GREAT results. I would hate to have Louie Navarro's job. Looks hard. I'm such Wuss! I think you are loving all this, Michael. GREAT results. I would hate to have Louie Navarro’s job. Looks hard. I’m such Wuss!
I think you are loving all this, Michael.

]]> Comment on Deliscript Critique on FontFeed by Yves Peters http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=749#comment-5048 Yves Peters Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:29:31 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=749#comment-5048 Hi Norman, Michael certainly did, and I am glad he notified me of your comment. I can assure you we are very much on speaking terms, and have discussed the TDC2 competition quite a bit in a couple of e-mails. Your comment is quite interesting, and I still have to make up my mind inhowfar I could agree with your position. This needs some thinking over (I don't believe in the quick-draw style of commenting customary in online discussions :). Do you think I can nudge you into repeating your comment in the TDC2 post on The FontFeed? This could spark a lively debate. I'm always up for that. Hi Norman,

Michael certainly did, and I am glad he notified me of your comment. I can assure you we are very much on speaking terms, and have discussed the TDC2 competition quite a bit in a couple of e-mails.

Your comment is quite interesting, and I still have to make up my mind inhowfar I could agree with your position. This needs some thinking over (I don’t believe in the quick-draw style of commenting customary in online discussions :).

Do you think I can nudge you into repeating your comment in the TDC2 post on The FontFeed? This could spark a lively debate. I’m always up for that.

]]> Comment on Deliscript Critique on FontFeed by norman hathaway http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=749#comment-5047 norman hathaway Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:37:38 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=749#comment-5047 Michael, I could not agree with you more, and am constantly pointing out to type designers that there IS a difference between type design and LETTERING. You are a letterer and have made a typeface designed for display use only, therefore being 'a little off' is a virtue of your design, and should not be viewed as a mistake. I don't think this is a cultural difference, but a mistake on his part due to his typographic myopia. Its very interesting to see a typeface based on a hand lettered design, done by a type designer. they add too much contrast and try to file off 'wrong' irregularities as this is how they're trained - but in doing so they 'miss it'. Jim Parkinson (who I love) has made this mistake with some of his sign-based faces. I hope you repeat the comments you made here to Yves. Michael,

I could not agree with you more, and am constantly pointing out to type designers that there IS a difference between type design and LETTERING.

You are a letterer and have made a typeface designed for display use only, therefore being ‘a little off’ is a virtue of your design, and should not be viewed as a mistake.

I don’t think this is a cultural difference, but a mistake on his part due to his typographic myopia.

Its very interesting to see a typeface based on a hand lettered design, done by a type designer. they add too much contrast and try to file off ‘wrong’ irregularities as this is how they’re trained - but in doing so they ‘miss it’.

Jim Parkinson (who I love) has made this mistake with some of his sign-based faces.

I hope you repeat the comments you made here to Yves.

]]> Comment on Deliscript Lauded by Type Directors Club by norman hathaway http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=619#comment-5046 norman hathaway Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:21:07 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=619#comment-5046 no surprises there. i like the plastic sign colors you've used for your specimens. you draw the most retarded cap S's. i love them. no surprises there.

i like the plastic sign colors you’ve used for your specimens.

you draw the most retarded cap S’s. i love them.

]]> Comment on Coming Soon . . . Canter’s Truck Post #3 of 3 by Michael Doret http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=769#comment-5045 Michael Doret Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:30:20 +0000 http://blog.alphabetsoupblog.com/?p=769#comment-5045 Credit due: anything to deposit? Credit due: anything to deposit?

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