GR Tattoo Font Help

Allan Balliett allan.balliett at gmail.com
Mon Aug 1 15:10:00 CDT 2016


Funny.

I'm thinking of postal horns on the inside of my right wrist. Haven't
gotten much beyond envisioning them as black ink line art.

Paying much attention to the advice to give the urge a good long wait.

-Allan in WV

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Bruno Nogueira <bruno.laze at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess Garamond would suit for a more literary aesthetic. Courier would
> be more in touch with the line's vibe, though (?).
>
> What I would really suggest is when you decide, wait a few months. If the
> idea and the image's appeal is still in your head, then do it.
>
> Cheers.
> Bruno Nogueira
>
> 2016-08-01 15:29 GMT-03:00 Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com>:
>
>> The one I had in mind (with lots of runners-up): Damn them, they are
>> wrong. They are insane.
>>
>> On Aug 1, 2016, at 1:08 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think the font depends on line. What's the line?
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Monday, August 1, 2016, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>>> The past few months I've been meaning to get a tattoo with a line from
>>> The Book. Both because I love the line and because I want to commemorate
>>> this reading. I imagine a lot of you rolling your eyes but that's probably
>>> projection on my part.
>>>
>>> But I don't know anything about, like, design.
>>>
>>> Anybody have any thoughts on font choice? The line is eight short words:
>>> "Damn them, they are wrong. They are insane."
>>>
>>> P. 180 of the Penguin, I think. -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>>
>>
>
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