The ambigram of celebrations
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Ta much, luv, for hipping me to such a wonderful word and its meaning 
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Makes it easier for counterfeiters.
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That reminds me of the ad for shorthand course.
If U cn rd ths u cn gt a gd jb.
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I am not a font geek, but that was an absolutely fascinating exposition of the history and usage of one font. I won’t be able to unsee its ubiquity from now on, I suspect.
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This is a trailer for Helvetica.
The full film is on iTunes and others.
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Kerning and OCR.
I recently had to scan and OCR a printed article, for digitising. Reading it through I was perplexed by the phrase “…he nibbed them…”
Upon referring to the original, it was, of course “rubbed”.
It was perfectly readable in the original, but perhaps my OCR software has a preference for looser kerning standards. 
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Watched a season of “Two Thousand Acres of Sky”. The show I could take it or leave it, but the font I love for being completely bonkers.
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Peignot
by A. M. Cassandre
Kerning aaaaarrrgh.
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Let’s see if the only manicule in my HTML cheat sheet will show up here:
☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞ ☞
I don’t have one facing the other way.
I have always loved manicules; the more detailed, the better!
ETA, as I read the article:
I also love ❦ fleurons, and learning more than one new word in a single day
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Let’s see if this works…
☚☛☜☝☞☟
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Thanks! Duly saved in the HTML cheat sheet!
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I snagged the unicode code points from here, so there may be more you want to add to the list.
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Well, thanks again!
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Um, all of the above?
Rome is burning…
Cool? Dunno about that. Unique? Yup.
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