Geek girl chronicles of a blog design enthusiast.
dress: D&G That Dolce leopard skin dress is one of the beautiful things I just can’t see myself wearing — ever. I’m always covered from chin to toe, but still, I really do appreciate that lovely dress. Given the choice, I would always go with those clunky leopard pony creepers. I suppose that’s why I’m [...]
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I can finally check Steve Jobs off my reading list. It took me a year, but in my defense, I’ll say that I read about 100 fashion magazines in the same time! :) I had lots of chuckles reading about Steve’s ups and downs, but one of the things that sticks in my mind is [...]
photographed during a visit to airbnb hq with celeste Adding a watermark to your photos is good practice. In the event that your pictures end up on image-sharing sites like We Heart It, Tumblr, or Pinterest, where links to the original sources are often lost in the shuffle, at least your photos will have your [...]
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A common question I get via email is what font do I use in my banner? It’s called Basic Commercial (thank you, What the Font!). I first noticed it in an issue of Nylon Japan. Then I noticed it in Nylon US — actually, Nylon uses it everywhere, including their website. Their magazine photo spreads [...]
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(Font: Frontage // Photo: Grant Avenue, SF) When I saw Frontage on Jenny’s awesome blog, Hank & Hunt, it was love at first sight. I’m always charmed by great display fonts and this one has so many possibilities because it’s a stackable font. Besides, this font reminds me of Graphique, which I first noticed on [...]
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When I first started buying fonts, I would look at the preview images and see gorgeous fancy characters that I wanted to have in my collection. But once I bought a font and tried to find the special characters by pressing every conceivable keystroke combination, none of the characters were there, which left me dismayed [...]
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