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There are times in life where fashion can make me go wobbly at the knees. There are also times in life when Typography can do the same. Now have a look at both, combining to achieve the ultimate wobbliness!

From here.

Loony Laws

Not really much to do with Graphics, but I think it’ll amuse everyone.

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen’s image upside-down (7%)

3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)

4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)

5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)

6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet (4%)

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen (3.5%)

8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (3%)

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour (3%)

10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%)

Lovely type though

Oh, I do like to be beside the fontsize!

I’m always on the search for crisp, fresh fonts and the latest batch of freebies up at Smashing Magazine are fantastic! Have a look.

Winston’s Writen Words

I absolutely adore Sam Winston. He was one of the first links I put up in the Links list and he’s a designer whom I’d be happy to model myself on. His works are very tactile, thoughtful, and precisely constructed, and the use of typography as something subtle rather than pointed in an intriguing concept.

The fact that they all involve the media of paper makes his work only that bit more interesting, especially when considering the possibility of paper as a topical resource in the environmental debate. Anyway, head on over to his site and take a gander at the work there.

Go Pulp Fiction on your Typography

I found this yesterday from a link I received off a professional graphic designer who apologised for the graphic content but recommended it none the less. Personally, as a fan of Pulp Fiction style films, I love the fast pace and angst in this short presentation. It could be said that perhaps it is, indeed, too fast, but I think the quick, fluid movement of text is what holds the thing together.