{"id":5706,"date":"2010-08-09T13:38:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:27:52","slug":"231-of-365-is-a-monogram-for-dan-wadlinger-typography-inkscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/08\/09\/231-of-365-is-a-monogram-for-dan-wadlinger-typography-inkscape\/","title":{"rendered":"A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5112\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20100809danwadlinger.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5112\" data-attachment-id=\"5112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/20100809danwadlinger\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/20100809danwadlinger.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"809,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/20100809danwadlinger.png?fit=809%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5112 size-full\" title=\"A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20100809danwadlinger.png?resize=809%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw\" width=\"809\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A monogram for Dan Wadlinger #cc #design #typography #inkscape #dw<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve received a strong response of interest (maybe jealousy?) in the &#8220;friend monograms&#8221; sketches, and I&#8217;m saying right here that if you ask for one, I&#8217;ll make every effort to make you one, or in this case, 12. I think letterforms and their relationship are\u00a0art. I got a lot of help from fontographers on these, but the kerning, custom nodes, placement and relationship, etc., is mine. Thanks for asking, Dan! That&#8217;s what this project is all about.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/22\/20121122-sliced-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-cc-design-typography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121122: Sliced by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #typography<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/20\/20121120-a-study-in-hexagonal-geometry-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-cc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/21\/20121121-hell-yes-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-cc-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121121: Hell yes by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve received a strong response of interest (maybe jealousy?) in the &#8220;friend monograms&#8221; sketches, and I&#8217;m saying right here that if you ask for one, I&#8217;ll make every effort to make you one, or in this case, 12. 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