Custom Fonts

I came across a periodic table for fonts recently and it made me think of generating a custom font.

 

Image from http://www.behance.net/

 

A quick search for custom fonts led me to this site: http://www.yourfonts.com/

Basically the steps break down like this:

1. Print out the character form
2. Fill in each letter with your handwriting
3. Scan the form
4. Generate your font using the scanned image of the form
5. Download and install your font

The first font I created was really messy, so I created a second, which I think is an improvement, but still isn't quite what I want. 

I also had an idea for a "ransom" font which could be funny.  If I were to cut out characters from newspapers and magazines to use, paste them to the form and generate a font.  I'll let you know if I get around to that.

Here's the first font I did, starting with the form:

CBOND FONT 1

SINCE I USUALLY WRITE IN ALL CAPS, I WILL WRITE OUT THE SAMPLE STATEMENT IN ALL CAPS.

“WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FROM A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENCE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

 

And here is the second font, starting with the form:

 

CBOND FONT 2

SINCE I USUALLY WRITE IN ALL CAPS, I WILL WRITE OUT THE SAMPLE STATEMENT IN ALL CAPS.

“WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FROM A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENCE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Biology Experiments

As a bachelor I can appreciate unplanned biology experiments.  Occasionally it happens.  My work space in the office, however, is the last place I would allow for inadvertent mold growth.

A married colleague of mine, though, recently allowed  for such growth to occur in his coffee cup. 

Another coworker and I noticed that he hadn't used his coffee cup in awhile, instead has been using the paper cups in the coffee bar.  I just so happened to pick up his cup this morning and noticed the growth inside.  Since he's working out of another office today, we decided to send him an email with one of the photos titled "Mystery" to see if he could guess what the photo is of.

Here are some additional photos:

 

Mindjet Mind Manager 8

Mindjet released a new version of the Mind Manager software.  I've downloaded it and am currently evaluating it.

Some of the cool new features include saving it as an interactive PDF that can be distributed.   The graphics are slick as well.

Here's a link to a PDF I generated:

• Test Map

Resources:

• Mindjet

The Computers We Use

Desktop computers and laptops are so ubiquitous these days that we often don't stop to think about the machines that we use everyday.

On average I use three different computers a day, not including checking email and webpages on my T-Mobile Dash smartphone.

I compiled a quick Power Point presentation based on the machines I use every day.

Compy/Lappy Presentation

USB Missile Launcher

Jefe got Yeager and me a USB Missile Launcher a couple of weeks ago. Here's mine set up in my office.

UPDATE:

I showed the Missile Launcher to my manager and he loved it! My coworkers found it hilarious as well.

Thanks, Jefe.