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Propoganda posters updated.  Link.

Shepard Fairey (the guy that made the now famous Obama HOPE poster) was very quickly accused of stealing by the person who took the original photo on which the image is based. Now, he says that the argument over which photo it is based on has shifted to his admittance of lying on the issue.  The point is, this whole issue has been going on since the election and is still going.  This joint is getting real. LINK.

Are you a designer? Ever use a photo for reference?   Think Shepard was wrong to use the photo like this?  Think it’s only an issue because his poster got so popular (I know I do)? Your thoughts! I want them!

As seen on BoingBoing. Can you guess either of these? The one on the left, probably. LINK.

Two quick awesome typography links!

First from Systemic AmyC, who sends a link to a set of moustache brackets in a ton of different fonts. Above you see one row of many, but I had to show the Hoefler. It was just to classy.  Check it out and let me know which one is your favorite! LINK »

This one from Systemic Greg is a great ampersand eye chart. Check out all the other photos of the real poster (which you can order), it has some beautiful printing / pressing going on.  LINK »

It’s been entirely too long since I posted cool typography links here on the site, so here are two.

The Big Caption is a companion site to The Big Picture. They take whatever the latest “Big Picture” photos are, and add great (and often hilarious) captions to the image. There are some running themes throughout it’s so far short run, such as “Haters Gonna Hate” and “Hipsters Start Your Photocopiers”. All in all a great site that’s fun to look at. My favorite though is probably the most famous so far, “Fuck you, flowers”. Did I post that one before? I can’t remember. Well it’s awesome. LINK »

Music Philosophy is a link I found via my favorite music site, Aurgasm. They take music lyric quotes and make awesome poster-style images out of them. Here’s a clip from one about The Beatles from “We Can Work It Out”. Could you tell? Check out their site, it’s colorful and fun. LINK »

Finally, one piece of business before I wrap up this post. Does anyone actually read these posts? Click on the links? Enjoy what I’m posting? The blog segment has fallen by the wayside lately, and while I do it for my own enjoyment I’m curious if people enjoy it, miss it when it’s not here, etc. Even if you aren’t a frequent commenter on the site, drop me a line via a comment or however else you feel like and let me know if you read these posts. Or conversely, post and let me know if you don’t, though in a bit of a Catch-22 if you don’t you probably won’t read this to see that.