IF ... Winter

©2010 Mardi Speth All Rights Reserved • watercolour and ink

The woods behind the house hid a pond that was easy to traverse in the winter months. When the mousekin finally arrived, after an unusually long gestation (23 days!), we set off to...

IF ... Mail

* * * * * YOU'VE GOT MAIL * * * * *

Wishing you all the joy and frivolity of the season.

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About the image ...
AN ORNAMENT, OF SORTS
The nomenclature unique to typography is rich in history, dating back to Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the letter matrix in the mid-1400s. • Molten metal, poured into the matrix, quickly hardens to produce a single unit of type, of any character, and is known as a sort. (Be sure to keep enough on hand, or you will be out of sorts) • Not all typefaces are about letters – some contain imagery that is used to embellish text. These decorative sorts are dubbed ornaments.

IF ... Phenomenon

©2010 Mardi Speth All Rights Reserved • Watercolour and Ink

A long time ago, in a civilization far, far away, a bright star appeared in the night sky proclaiming a gift from heaven.