Inscriptions on the fly-leaf of a copy of "The Sweat of Their Brows: 100 Years of the Sydney Water Board 1888-1988", accompanied by a prensentation plate commemorating the former owner's participation in the "Water Board North Western Region Young Achievers Prgramme, 1989":
"Garpie, You were a big reason behind the success of 'ya-kids'. But - don't take everything so personal - you are only really mature when you can have a good laugh - at yourself - you'll go a long way in the business world - stay confident!!! All the best, Noel."
"Garthy Baby, Hope all works out for you and that you'll always be happy. You've been a fantastic MD. Thanks for everything, love always, Katerina."
"Guppie doo-da Here's to your first sexual experiance from Lynda".
"Gat - Was Kathy as good as you were hoping?"
"Mate! Talk to me - what's the prob?? Nothing now - we finished!! You did a top job - and I know you'll succeed in all you do. Seeya round."
"Dear Garth, Well I think you are a great person (truthfully). There were times when you got to me basically because I thought you couldn't stand me. If you put your mind to it you'll suceed in what ever path you choose to take. Best of luck with the future. Lots of love, Kathy."
OK - this is not a regular blog entry; more an act of bookkeeping. Since Igor seems to have re-invaded the main page of this blog in a fit of pique, it's probably time to take care of something I should have attended to a while ago. As some of you may remember, about a year ago I decided that the glorious monstrosity of a website I had constructed as a monument to myelf was too hubristic and self-obsessed for words. So I deleted most of it and just kept the blog, which had become the swollen appendix of the site. I felt better, and thought nobody noticed.
This was, in fact, mostly true. But it turned out there was one part of the site that people actually did appreciate, which was my pseudo-communist font
Worker Poster. I wouldn't say I've been deluged with requests to put it back up, but there have been a suprising number of people who have written to say that they liked the font, had used it for a variety of projects, and had now lost the fucking thing - and could I please make it available again?
As a result I have come across a number of interesting uses of my font - for instance this
band site, which uses it extensively. Somebody even
put it on a T Shirt. I do get a real feeling of excitement when people take something I created and do something interesting with it. So by writing a blog entry I am again creating a permanent home for the font.
Anyway, here it is, in PC TrueType format -
Worker Poster. If anybody desperately needs it in Mac format, ask me nicely and I might do that.
Two important notes: Firstly, the font
does not have an upper and lower case - the upper case is an alphabet of reasonably regular letters, the lowercase consists of a variety of alternate letter-forms based on Cyrillic shapes, which you can mix and match into the uppercase for a nice Soviet-era effect. Use character map. Secondly, while you are free to use the font in any way you like, please do not redistribute or modify it without my permission. I
do not want this font included on those crappy "A Million and One Free Fonts!" rip-off CD-roms.
As always, if you do anything interesting with this font, please send me the results, I always find that interesting and rewarding.
Thank you to all the people who wrote and said nice things about the font and sent me examples of birthday posters, stickball championships, business conferences, and the like, using the font - you motivated me to finally put it back up.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD WORKER POSTER FONT
It's a quarter to one and the fire alarm in my apartment has just gone off.
I just got out of the shower, and will not be evacuating. If no further updates appear, it means I have burned to death. Remember me fondly.
Update: I live.
