I don't know what it is about Spring. At first I feel super energized, and then I always tank for some reason! This year's spring Health Suck Fest is brought to me by my stomache and its overzealous production of acid. I came down with a really bad stomach ache that lasted for several days, and after doing a startling WebMD symptom checker went to get it checked out. They thought I had pancreatitis (!) but after the tests came back negative put me on acid reflux meds, which are now starting to work. I lost 4 pounds last week because I could hardly eat anything! So now that I am finally starting to feel normal from that, allergies have come back and now I am living with an invisible paper bag on my head and a brick in my lungs. Geez.
I miss working out (almost) more than anything. I mean, don't get me wrong, its been kind of nice being able to go straight home after work instead of hanging in the gym for another hour after work. But I miss that feeling of being completely strong and able and feeling like I can do anything. But I might miss coffee and spicy foods more...
In other news, I have over half of the invitation covers made. Soon I will be able to clean up the sun-room-turned-invitation-factory at Tom's! The button-and-string closures have been a bitch to make, but now that I have the process down I am flying and will have them done in no time. If there are any font nerds out there, what font should I use for my invites? I want something besides the standard formal scripts that are usually on wedding invitations, and something that would appear as bold as I am intending with white vellum over a cobalt blue and black background. I have perused the Word fonts and have been found wanting. I was briefly a fan of Garamond, but I don't like the little cross hair thingys (they have a name...of only Katie were here, she knows what they are called). I want a cross hair thingy-free font, but I don't like Arial or Univers enough to use them. Suggestions?
Monday, March 22, 2010
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Lol, I have found your blog again! Don't use scripty fonts for your wedding invitation please! Haha. They are called serifs.
ReplyDeleteSee if you can use something like ITC Avant Garde Gothic. I don't know if Word has some default versions of it. Or there is also Helvetica, or Helvetica Neu which are ok. Century gothic is an ok sans serif. Hmm... Word fonts.
Anyway, if you hate all the ones you have in word, you could check out something on dafont.com and they have title fonts for free. (not really good for body copy, but good for limited use and could work for an invitation)
Hope this isn't too late. ;-)
Sweet! I ended up looking on my mac at work and loving several fonts there including futura and helvetica and made a sample sheet to take home and ask Tom about. He ended up choosing my secret favorite: American Typewriter with a close second to Futura, which I love too. So yay! No scripty fonts!
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