WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
“In the beginning” The first page of the Doves Bible
byVanderleunonSeptember 5, 2021
The Doves Press of London, England, founded by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson produced some beautiful books using a beautiful typeface, commonly called the Doves Type.
Around 1900 Emery Walker joined the press as a partner. Over the next decade, there was a falling out between the two partners. A dispute developed in the ownership of the type. Cobden-Sanderson wanted to keep the typeface away from commercial use.
On August 31, 2016, Cobden-Sanderson decided to take matters into his own hands and over a period of over 4 months and 170 trips, dumped 2600 pounds type off the Hammersmith Bridge and into the Thames River.
In 2013 designer Robert Green produced a polished digital version of the Doves Type. Aroused by the idea that the type might be still sitting on the muddy bottom of the river he undertook a search, eventually coming up with 150 pieces of the type. Doves Press type : metal & digital — Lead Graffiti
As I’m reading this, I am listening to Dvorak’s Symphony from the New World. The best soundtrack for Genesis Chapter One. Scientism, atheism and all the replacements for God have no Bible. No Book. No hymns. They have tracts, pamphlets, manifestos, brightly colored ribbons. The Narrative. They had to build on what came from before them. They have to burn everything down because they don’t create anything. They are nothing but parasites.
And this is their Credo:
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
MacBeth Act 5, Scene 5
EX-Californian PeteSeptember 5, 2021, 10:34 AM
And then Satan created the Liberals, Atheists, and Agnostics, in an attempt to ruin it all for everyone.
Clayton in MississippiSeptember 5, 2021, 1:07 PM
Date typo.
“… Around 1900 Emery Walker joined the press as a partner” [with founder T.J. Cobden-Sanderson]
[ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN YEARS later, ]
“…On August 31, 2016, Cobden-Sanderson decided …”
[BUT three years before that …]
“In 2013 designer Robert Green…”
Univ of Saigon 68September 5, 2021, 1:12 PM
One of the irritants of reading on a computer is having to put up with the san serif fonts, where the ‘r n’ letter combination runs together and looks like am ‘m,’ and you can’t tell the difference between a ‘one,’ a lower case ‘l,’ or an upper case ‘i.’ On my spreadsheets, I use the Consolas monospaced font, with clear differences for the above, an – I love this one – a zero with a diagonal line thru it.
bob sykesSeptember 5, 2021, 6:17 PM
The zero with a slash is FORTRAN.
hooodathunkitSeptember 5, 2021, 6:51 PM
The zero with a slash through it is a zero; a null or placeholder in math. Older typefaces also used slashes, a diamond, one used a dot in the oval. In turn they all go back to the unholy mergers of handwritten Carolingian, blackletter Schrift, some Italic and echoes of Uncial; all of which saw numbers as completely different than letters and made sure they weren’t confused with each other. In turn, the printing press and its type followed that. It wasn’t until the Arts and Crafts that ‘experiments’ in typesetting became common.
Mike SeyleSeptember 5, 2021, 4:42 PM
I kneel to Univ of Saigon 68. Recently, I edited a job that had three capital “i”s or “L”s san serif. It was a CEO’s name. I Googled it to see what the heck. And the “0” with a line through it is priceless. I always check for “public” with the “l” missing. It happens once a year.
Univ of Saigon 68September 5, 2021, 7:09 PM
I read an internet factoid (something somebody said someplace sometime on some site) to the effect that former FBI Director James Comey used to type his name as C-o-r-n-y, and then messed with the kerning (the spacing between letters) so that the ‘r’ & ‘n’ looked like an ‘m.’ That way his name wouldn’t show up on a document word search.
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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As I’m reading this, I am listening to Dvorak’s Symphony from the New World. The best soundtrack for Genesis Chapter One. Scientism, atheism and all the replacements for God have no Bible. No Book. No hymns. They have tracts, pamphlets, manifestos, brightly colored ribbons. The Narrative. They had to build on what came from before them. They have to burn everything down because they don’t create anything. They are nothing but parasites.
And this is their Credo:
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
MacBeth Act 5, Scene 5
And then Satan created the Liberals, Atheists, and Agnostics, in an attempt to ruin it all for everyone.
Date typo.
“… Around 1900 Emery Walker joined the press as a partner” [with founder T.J. Cobden-Sanderson]
[ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN YEARS later, ]
“…On August 31, 2016, Cobden-Sanderson decided …”
[BUT three years before that …]
“In 2013 designer Robert Green…”
One of the irritants of reading on a computer is having to put up with the san serif fonts, where the ‘r n’ letter combination runs together and looks like am ‘m,’ and you can’t tell the difference between a ‘one,’ a lower case ‘l,’ or an upper case ‘i.’ On my spreadsheets, I use the Consolas monospaced font, with clear differences for the above, an – I love this one – a zero with a diagonal line thru it.
The zero with a slash is FORTRAN.
The zero with a slash through it is a zero; a null or placeholder in math. Older typefaces also used slashes, a diamond, one used a dot in the oval. In turn they all go back to the unholy mergers of handwritten Carolingian, blackletter Schrift, some Italic and echoes of Uncial; all of which saw numbers as completely different than letters and made sure they weren’t confused with each other. In turn, the printing press and its type followed that. It wasn’t until the Arts and Crafts that ‘experiments’ in typesetting became common.
I kneel to Univ of Saigon 68. Recently, I edited a job that had three capital “i”s or “L”s san serif. It was a CEO’s name. I Googled it to see what the heck. And the “0” with a line through it is priceless. I always check for “public” with the “l” missing. It happens once a year.
I read an internet factoid (something somebody said someplace sometime on some site) to the effect that former FBI Director James Comey used to type his name as C-o-r-n-y, and then messed with the kerning (the spacing between letters) so that the ‘r’ & ‘n’ looked like an ‘m.’ That way his name wouldn’t show up on a document word search.
Missed the ‘e’ in the above C-o-r-n-e-y.
Beautifully presented drivel is still drivel.
Well, Fletcher, I hope you had your bib on so you didn’t get any drivel you, then.
Poor Fletcher. Satan made you type that, didn’t he?
John Venlet beat me to it. But thanks, Fletch. The one thing this morning lacked was a dollop of dreary atheist cynicism.
JWM
-my apologies for sleeping in.