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20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons

20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons
20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons
20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons
20121209: A stylized ampersand made of circles by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #typography #creativecommons

Ampersands (&) are a beautiful typographic creation. I found out last year that ampersands combine the letters e and t, or “et”, which is “and” in French. I wanted to show the symbol in a sensual, undulating form.

ampersand, typography, and, et, design, drawing, symbols, lemasney, open source, Inkscape, illustration

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20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons

20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons
20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons
20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons
20121207: raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #illustration #creativecommons

One of the things that I find important to foster in my classroom is a diverse set of points of view being represented. By having people present and defend their biases, myself included, we may come to a better, mediated understanding of a given topic. Mostly, we accomplish this through open inquiry on topics, an environment that has trust, and a clear set of rules on respect. Then, after all voices are heard, we introduce case studies, scholarly research, and lots and lots of facts to find out what is most likely true. Because truth, after all, is relative.

diversity, classroom, inquiry, trust, facts, scholarly, research, questions, answers, raise your hand, lemasney, open source, Inkscape, design, illustration

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20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121204: Swirl, a typographic flourish by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

I really love typography play. Inkscape is my favorite tool, bar none, for this. I do it all the time. Enter a piece of text with the text tool and choose and apply a font that begins to speak to the end design in your mind. I chose ballpark as a starting point. Then select the text, and do a path/union operation (ctrl-shift-plus), which turns the text into a single editable path. Then use the node tool to tweak, move, resize, and shape the edges of your text until you have the shape that you want. I added a dot to the “i” inside of one of my flourishes, and joined it with the existing path using a second union operation.  In this particular case, I added a rectangle with a gradient to create a vignette in the background, and applied a beveling filter to the text to give it some depth.

swirl, text, flourish, typography, design, open source, lemasney, fun, sexy, playful, funny

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20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography
20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography

So this one is pretty straightforward: In Inkscape, place some text with the text tool, convert to a path, ungroup, then union, so that the text is now a single path. Place a line across it with the Bezier tool. Select both paths and intersect, using the line to cut the text. Move the bottom part to the right, select and rotate the text.

tags: slice, cut, typography, cutting, knife, text, type

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John LeMasney: Introduction to WordPress at PPL, October 2012

FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out - lemasney.com
FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out - lemasney.com

 

FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out - lemasney.com
FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out – lemasney.com

DATE/TIME:

Part 1: Monday October 15 from 6:30 to 8:30
Part 2: Monday October 22 from 6:30 to 8:30

LOCATION:  Technology Center, Princeton Public Library

Interested in creating your own blog? In this two-part course, social media and technology expert John LeMasney will teach how to start and manage a blog for free through WordPress. Prior web design experience is not needed. Skill Level: Basic Seating will be held for students who attended Session 1.

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John LeMasney at PPL: Photo-Sharing with Picasa

Swinging with David in the sunshine - lemasney.com
Swinging with David in the sunshine - lemasney.com

 

Swinging with David in the sunshine - lemasney.com
Swinging with David in the sunshine – lemasney.com

 

DATE/TIME: Aug 7 2012 – 6:30pm – 8:30pm
LOCATION:  Technology Center

Spread the joy of your summer vacation by sharing memorable moments with family and friends. Technology Instructor John LeMasney will cover how to upload, organize, and edit your digital photos using Google’s Picasa. Learn how to resize, tag, add captions, create collages, and add special effects. We recommend that students bring a flash drive containing digital photos for use in class. Skill Level: Intermediate

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