Font regards

Stereotypeface: You don’t have to be a professional desktop publisher to know the value of the right font. Whether you want to give your term paper on the contextual analysis of heavy metal music a little gothic oomph or enhance that photograph of your friend drunkenly riding the mechanical bull in a foam novelty cowboy hat with a little Western flavour, a funky font really does the job. Urbanfonts has hundreds of free fonts for Mac and PC in categories ranging from Celtic to Futuristic to Typewriter, to make your lost cat poster or ransom note stand out at www.urbanfonts.com.

Rising bun: A lot of the time, Japan seems like a pop culture funhouse mirror of North America. They have most of the stuff that we have—it’s just… different. Check out their Happy Meal toys. They’re awesome. You’re jealous. Get a craving for an “Okosama Lunch” touted by Donald McDonald (yup, that’s what they’re called there) at www.yo.rim.or.jp/~hac/world.html

by Michael Citrome

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