an open letter to magazine editors/publishers

dear magazine editors/publishers,
please consider always dating your issues, including volume and issue numbers, and placing them in easy-to-find locations. like your masthead, for example. it would certainly cut down on my copy-cataloging time and leave me more for my other chores. while i do love perusing your magazine and/or website frantically searching for publication information, trawling the depths of subscription databases, or digging through back issues for clues, i really don't have the time. (i did have time, however, to write this because SOME publications include all their information.)

thank you very much.

sincerely,
serenity ibsen
librarian-in-training

nibs 'n' ink

i bought a little moleskine sketchbook to practice my letters. (i also bought a second gridded one that is, as yet, virgin.)

here's my halloween homage. mmm, walnut ink.

a new project

maybe it's 'cause it's 1:25 a.m., but i think i just came up with a genius plan. i shall draw 100 letter Qs. it's an interesting letter and i usually pick that one to copy from a font, so i might as well make a project out of it...

gothic versals


uncials and textura miniscule


some Q tail types


belizio, falstaff, and bell