Kim Roper

05/16/2020

A little font love for your Saturday.

“why is her writing in the home depot font satisfying to me https://t.co/s0jmKohH5x”

02/01/2020

The delightfully odd history of the ampersand:

Johnson & Johnson, Barnes & Noble, Dolce & Gabbana: the ampersand today is used primarily in business names, but that small character was once the 27th part of the alphabet. Where did it come from though? The origin of its name is almost as bizarre as the name itself.

02/01/2020

The more you know ...

01/05/2019

The Mother of Dragons sends up stock footage. 😂

Finally you can see the Dragon Queen point at profit margins as Emilia Clarke recreates classic stock photos for this hilarious spoof video.

11/24/2018

Choc is an irregular font, yet it's on signs everywhere. This article explains where it came from.

How did Choc, a quirky calligraphic typeface drawn by a French graphic designer in the 1950s, end up on storefronts everywhere?

06/21/2018

Proud mom moment today: My girl received the art award at her grade six graduation. Even better, it was announced using only her first name. My kid has achieved one-name status 😀

06/11/2018

If you missed Mosaïcanada last year, you're in luck: Mosaïculture is here this summer.

« C’est un bijou qu’on va présenter », s’exclame la vice-présidente exécutive des Mosaïcultures internationales, Lise Cormier, visiblement enthousiasmée par l’exposition que son équipe a réussi à préparer pour une deuxième année consécutive au parc Jacques-Cartier de Gatine...

05/31/2018

Proud mom moment: My daughter is currently illustrating a children's book. To test the colour reproduction of the media (pencils reproduced on semi-gloss paper), she was asked to provide a drawing of a subject of her choice. Here's part of that drawing.

Before anyone critiques it, remember that she's 12 years old and this is for a colour fidelity test.

04/07/2018

Excellent (and comprehensive) article on colour models and mixing.

Red and Green make Yellow? Counter intuitive? Examine a yellow patch of your monitor with a magnifier (or place a drop of water on it). You’ll see red and green dots!

12/14/2017

ALWAYS view your ad drafts from a distance before you approve them!

Even better: Get the office weirdo to do it for you (unless that's you).

Can YOU spot what's wrong with this picture?

08/30/2017

A "What the Heck" Wednesday font failure for you. (Hat tip to Darryl Davidson.)

08/08/2017

People tell me that they don't understand Twitter. Well, here is one description that sums up much of the current state of the service, irrespective of one's politics.