Type designer Jean François Porchez

Garden square near Shakespeare & Co., Paris.

If you love old typefaces and new fonts, you'll be interested in this wide-ranging interview with French type designer Jean François Porchez. He's the man behind the fonts at Louis Vuitton, the Paris Metro, Le Monde, France Telecom and other French institutions. Porchez also designed the covers and typography of Larousse’s series of grands dictionnaires.

Visit Le Typographe, the blog Porchez founded, which focuses on French typography and type design.

Outdoor cafe beside a canal, 10 p.m., Amsterdam. I shook the camera to achieve this double-exposure look.

Here's a curious tale of French espionage, computer hacking and American cyclist Floyd Landis.

CNN: Less trusted, thanks to Dobbs

On air, Lou Dobbs continues his crazy talk about President Obama's birth certificate, even denigrating Media Matters, the non-partisan media fact-check organisation. Meanwhile, Media Matters has purchased ads on CNN calling Dobbs out for his false claims and "racially charged paranoia."

Media Matters President Eric Burns said Friday, “Between the reaction from other media figures and the crashing of Dobbs’ ratings, CNN is making a mockery of its claim to being ‘the most trusted name in news.’ CNN can’t continue to condone Dobbs’ birther coverage and expect to be taken seriously. Jon Klein owes viewers — and his network — more.”

And Mark Morford's latest column in the San Francisco Chronicle "Change you can freak out about" is food for thought. An excerpt: ..."The ground is shaky and the ledge is slippery and bridge is rickety indeed and I think it just might be on fire. Which only leads to one truly meaningful question: What are you going to do about it?"

Comments

[susanna's sketchbook]

These are two terrific links, Tara. I'm still torn about legalizing marijuana. And good for Media Matters for putting CNN in the spot regarding Lou Dobbs. It really does come down to whether they are in the news business for celebrity and ratings versus reporting the truth, biased or not.

[Se'Lah]

You are so conscious, Tara.

love the double exposure pic. i achieve that effect often...and it ain't intentional. lol.

[Christina]

I had to read Mark Morford'a article twice. I don't know- I live in a community where kids smoke weed all day long. They spin and spin. I don't have the answers, but I wish if marijuana was legalized, it would make my neighborhood a safe place to live, or maybe the government could put some of the money toward, education. I don't know. My neighborhood is filled with crime and weed. I don't know which way to turn anymore. There has to be some balance.
xo

[amber]

Interesting little tid bits... I'm off to read the op ed.

oxoxox ;)

[Rochambeau]

Oh Tara,
Thank you for introducing me to Mark Morford. He has a wicked sense of humor that I adore. Couldn't agree with him more. Esp. about the marijuana issue. I believe 100 percent in legalizing it. It would cure many a woe.
Now I look forward to visiting your Father of Font link link!
xox
Happy Weekend~
Constance

[Helen]

Ooh! Love the font links! Back in the days of dinosaurs I was graphic design major B.P.C. That would be BEFORE PERSONAL COMPUTERS and cutting and pasting was done by hand. I can look at fonts until the cows come home.

The other link is interesting. Just staying afloat takes a log of mental and physical stamina these days. I keep repeating the same old mantra: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Very nice photos.

[gillian]

Thanks for this! I gave up on the french blog, my brain is addled from a late night out. Then I read "change you can freak out about" and decided it too was too wordy for me this morning. I must stop going out late. Really. But, your photos are LOVELY and I like the camera-shake effect.
When I collect my brain cells back I'll go reread Mark's article.
Have a most wonderful day, Tara!!!
xoxo

[Patricia]

Tara, Thank you for this posting! I really enjoyed the interview with Jean Francois Porchez. This is exactly the type of article that I can pass on to my two-dimensional design students!