This is part of my series on Understanding How Music Works. If you haven’t yet, you may wish to start at the beginning. Here, I discuss a certain perceptual phenomenon that occurs, to the best of my knowledge, in all humans with normal hearing. This phenomenon has profound implications for how music works. But first, a definition… …
Music Theory 000.1 – Part 3: Pitches and Octaves Read More »
This is part of my series on Understanding How Music Works. If you haven’t yet, you may wish to start at the beginning. Here, I discuss some concepts that you may have been taught that I think we need to forget about for a little while so we can take a fresh look at humans’ …
This started as a single post, but as I wrote it became apparent that this needs to be a series—perhaps a short one—of shorter, easier-to-read posts. So you’re only going to get incomplete chunks of what I have to say on this topic, until this series is done and can be read all the way …
In the spirit of “you never get what you want if you never tell anyone you want it,” I’m just going to put this here so it stops rattling around in my head. For background, check out how Emigre edited their low-x-height typeface Mrs Eaves Serif to make Mrs Eaves XL Serif. Then check out how …
My Typeface Design Fantasy – Cloister XL Superfamily Read More »
I recently saw “Hunger Games,” and I liked it. The only thing (and it is minor) is that, to me, the future dystopia setting strains credulity. I love a good future dystopia, but as I watched I just couldn’t buy in to human society ever shaping itself in that way. (Still, a great story and …
I like my Future Dystopia fiction with a more realistic setting than “Hunger Games” Read More »