Giambattista Bodoni is an Italian engraver who designed the font known us Bodoni. He is the first font designer to create variations in stroke thicknesses. He developed a style in which parts of the fonts are hairline thin.
The serifs of Bodoni, in addition to being very thin, are also nearly perpendicular to the main stem, as opposed to the gently sloping serifs of the so-called "oldstyle" typefaces. In addition, the emphasis of stress is very nearly vertical. The result is an overall clean, yet somewhat cold, appearance, both loved and hated by typographers.
We were sent an email asking the name of the font used to creat the header of this website; its Bodoni. Giambatiista influenced many font designers, and a whole set of fonts were designed in his style. Some of you might be familiar with font called 'modern,' which is variation of Bodoni's style. And it is currently used by many large corporations as identity font. It is said that the font shows style and stability in a classical sense. Thus banks and fashion designer use the font. A good example is the Tiffany diamond company.
Published by Nolawi June 5th, 2006 in Bernos and Design.
We have been contemplating writing an article on Abebe Bikila. On what Abebe means for Ethiopians. We received a couple of emails from non-Ethiopians asking why there would be a Bikila T-shirt. Well, there is a need. We couldn’t explain per se.
Shipping has become a fulltime job, Bernos shipping center (which happens to be someone’s apartment) is learning how to optimize the orders it receives. So we have been busy. Picking, packaging, labeling and dropping at the local UPS store. Don’t worry we are not rich yet. For example,
We received a couple of emails from a guy in New York, claiming that he would like to buy all three of shirts but doesn’t have a credit card. Don’t worry send as a check as we will mail you the shirts. No, I’ll be leaving to Ethiopia in a couple of days so I was hoping you would ship overnight so I could rock it in Addis. Don’t worry I’ll mail check right away. Ok we will even cover the extra costs for the overnight shipping.
So it was shipped to him; but we didn’t receive the check 2 weeks and counting.
In the mean time the Bernos Bulletin has been neglected, but in the next four weeks we will have a comprehensive article about Abebe Bikila. Till then we are going to have a competition.
Free Abebe Bikila T-shirt for the first 2 people who will write a comprehensive article on what Abebe Bikila means to themselves in four hundred words or more. Both articles will be posted on the Bernos bulletin. Sumbit your article by sending us an email at info@bernos.org.
Disclaimer: If you are located in Canada & or Europe we will ask for the shipping cost. If you are located in the US we will cover the shipping cost. If you are located in Ethiopia, we have not figured out a shipping method yet so we will ship it to your cousin who happens to live in Washington DC and let them figure out how to get the T-shirt to you.
Published by Bernos June 1st, 2006 in Bernos.
I went to a graduation celebration party last weekend. I ran into a friend from out of town. After the what's up's & the howudoing's; I inquired as to what reason that he graced us with his presence. He claimed that he came for the graduation celebration.
Later he told me that he came in two nights prior. He also told me that he went to dinner with another friend of his in town, who also happens to be a good friend of mine.
So, I said "really?"
I could sense some guilt on his face. As if I said 'why didn't you invite me when two of my friends went out together?' Well I didn't say that but I sensed that he suspected as if I had felt to the extent of the statement.
So, did I explain? well no I didn’t. To do so would have been to exaggerate a non-issue.
Subsequently it's left as that, Miscommunication between friends.
Published by Nolawi May 28th, 2006 in Social.
For years now I've been trying to get a decent pic through an airplane window. Here is my latest attempt…
Published by merhawi May 27th, 2006 in Design.
