tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13724268621786627882024-03-22T02:46:34.836-07:00Tipografia IvritUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-79094067212857946162010-04-16T17:10:00.000-07:002010-04-20T09:44:57.335-07:00Alef Betty<a href="http://www.alefbetty.com/">Alef Betty</a> (word-play on the two first letters of the Hebrew alphabet - Alef and Bet) is Tsili Pines' new website dedicated to modern Hebrew arts and culture. check out these awesome Hebrew Alphabet posters:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUC4AnYEstrI3lvq3UjCcnTGUWDL0M7RqHH2qy8n71SwRlW-esvHBS-OgPoGKbzVlVwzvifrCFUQo-Z8E4r_S6aiNoFCUXqXpKOpLtwLGzgumwqpPs0_IvZNoLMD2_5NoYfmMK57k2hQ/s1600/classic_red.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUC4AnYEstrI3lvq3UjCcnTGUWDL0M7RqHH2qy8n71SwRlW-esvHBS-OgPoGKbzVlVwzvifrCFUQo-Z8E4r_S6aiNoFCUXqXpKOpLtwLGzgumwqpPs0_IvZNoLMD2_5NoYfmMK57k2hQ/s400/classic_red.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460892934272171970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XjuwjY_5pKQ0-NdghRo0SiVqMvOfB8Y4n9_XFNduZrW9imSp5hZCSUHKARweIQX1kongrNMePWgysJ3Zg7mdArVb8GHSlxNQwsAXM6oLsR96El4RX6M0KB_Yi2Ul4mIXGSDBx5G_5iY/s1600/blocks_red.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbvtw2rHuXah0kK88JW9_HR2WELS9QND-du_OcxmTvlilqE0202jQHs6AICgY81xGe96IS-d5RGHv2zHG9aMrcHlFFHqrypOx4IjEsjvKvXVLjaOhtRu_dWnfI9hPoCeg6HvKCp2VKpk/s400/blocks_blue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460892467143379714" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-25790011989742108032010-03-21T18:02:00.000-07:002010-03-22T14:45:25.395-07:00Hebrew Woodblock Type<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMxjxYXRTfiJmZeSZLT0GJ8g6VVSQIS0kVrRhTFoo0Z9fIBXV6UlHnZFMW1tSYHu1mI0EVMktqpVG5PhnSA7CCfLzDepUyW80xUsW7Yu6iweSylVBeek8nyr3G5A5W3guyeHLYNn01VE/s1600-h/IMG_2754.jpeg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 451px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMxjxYXRTfiJmZeSZLT0GJ8g6VVSQIS0kVrRhTFoo0Z9fIBXV6UlHnZFMW1tSYHu1mI0EVMktqpVG5PhnSA7CCfLzDepUyW80xUsW7Yu6iweSylVBeek8nyr3G5A5W3guyeHLYNn01VE/s400/IMG_2754.jpeg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451575362837171410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hebrew drawer, type shop, Cooper Union (photo credit: Brice McGowen)</span></span><br /></div><br />The type shop here at Cooper Union has some Hebrew woodblocks, not enough to make complete sentences and not a large variety to even make some words, but still are really nice 100 year old blocks. I printed a few of them, just to have a specimen of some Hebrew type.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwWomJ-W8Cqizw6bnRZdUVeQKL9xoZr6mqJgm5Eqvqq1UJ5jkWE5PKHxJuvGzSBiO2k5GuO1LJhcguS_eQmQJy5nXFwm2gCY0Bb0zoXFhuMikVuvSiXanBsQUf3zso6PQS2slFpgCzI4/s1600-h/hebrew_woodtype2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 553px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwWomJ-W8Cqizw6bnRZdUVeQKL9xoZr6mqJgm5Eqvqq1UJ5jkWE5PKHxJuvGzSBiO2k5GuO1LJhcguS_eQmQJy5nXFwm2gCY0Bb0zoXFhuMikVuvSiXanBsQUf3zso6PQS2slFpgCzI4/s400/hebrew_woodtype2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450054207506029618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UDSv8kFHB23T-7CXVr_7ZgP8_7yvvoLtHGoVHa9mG-vUmRYqWHvD6ImsyQvAITfYTS3giqtBFJQBWL3GRundAT9zGq_-W5FwlenjcOEPu2Jk2yDgaoZd7H_91dtQQmlXNaJFiloGTiA/s1600-h/hebrew_woodtype.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 561px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UDSv8kFHB23T-7CXVr_7ZgP8_7yvvoLtHGoVHa9mG-vUmRYqWHvD6ImsyQvAITfYTS3giqtBFJQBWL3GRundAT9zGq_-W5FwlenjcOEPu2Jk2yDgaoZd7H_91dtQQmlXNaJFiloGTiA/s400/hebrew_woodtype.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450054030430636466" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-68685055166097839322010-03-15T12:16:00.000-07:002010-03-22T14:32:01.343-07:00Children's Booksfound these old books that my mom got when she was little, all published in Israel in 1960.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJeXeF-vO-zlHeqvaucrhoAfz2kluzHeonKDfqjzfTTdOBcGvWKpKl5dXPP571DJfn3giOpTdUODdVHm95iKpd2Ym0hnh6-b7cm7GWz2fDj8fwA4nT4rDyea3QZIkZ-GsAZp4QXheQ6k/s1600-h/child_book_cover3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 432px; height: 402px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrJeXeF-vO-zlHeqvaucrhoAfz2kluzHeonKDfqjzfTTdOBcGvWKpKl5dXPP571DJfn3giOpTdUODdVHm95iKpd2Ym0hnh6-b7cm7GWz2fDj8fwA4nT4rDyea3QZIkZ-GsAZp4QXheQ6k/s400/child_book_cover3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450057048009245122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimGyI9Ujr3vuCECYW545kFgYIHDp0tD5IYbR7UOE0O8WkryUHI6dexJyQ-lFXDnccIMCmOoSJd6xCcK_ZzveHkIQBipCvks7QZdJ_npAZa-pdGiAdYTMIZOymJBXu-Xw5Kelk4MNAjVA/s1600-h/child_book_cover2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 456px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimGyI9Ujr3vuCECYW545kFgYIHDp0tD5IYbR7UOE0O8WkryUHI6dexJyQ-lFXDnccIMCmOoSJd6xCcK_ZzveHkIQBipCvks7QZdJ_npAZa-pdGiAdYTMIZOymJBXu-Xw5Kelk4MNAjVA/s400/child_book_cover2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450055170401504418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrJI1SySnwDI-kFMP4CdZpOAikj2-T7cccuy0yB36vvJxH5W_CO_sqmiOKsWl8_wHaGdh3kGvDBhY-lH-DQYzUNkfhoRf_AMRrBCg85ULkMxUD0qlXHDA5hM1_iLwfpDZMoY2mYTQoaU/s1600-h/child_book_cover.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 437px; height: 341px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrJI1SySnwDI-kFMP4CdZpOAikj2-T7cccuy0yB36vvJxH5W_CO_sqmiOKsWl8_wHaGdh3kGvDBhY-lH-DQYzUNkfhoRf_AMRrBCg85ULkMxUD0qlXHDA5hM1_iLwfpDZMoY2mYTQoaU/s400/child_book_cover.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450055120203637042" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-19024386223082242882010-03-06T18:18:00.000-08:002010-03-06T18:39:53.832-08:00Fractal AlphabetSharon Pazner, a Tel Aviv based artist that often uses typography and other graphic design elements in her work, has recently publish a new series in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharonpazner/">her flickr</a> photo stream; in this fractal alphabet, each letter is comprised of all the characters in the language's alphabet.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Knfa04kK02Eu7NFyQfCCbhWQSfasiZkRxHC6PAFCB9djwX5rbEp5iZ8tpcsutzFS7fBUWV_hEDiSQTwLLqUI6JMIt7gciSlWFE8q1jqfVphgc5TNRMOWF7Ju3Sz-lra4l2W0MgqZ-nY/s1600-h/4401816276_58bacdd3df.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Knfa04kK02Eu7NFyQfCCbhWQSfasiZkRxHC6PAFCB9djwX5rbEp5iZ8tpcsutzFS7fBUWV_hEDiSQTwLLqUI6JMIt7gciSlWFE8q1jqfVphgc5TNRMOWF7Ju3Sz-lra4l2W0MgqZ-nY/s400/4401816276_58bacdd3df.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445714154451986914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hebrew Fractal Alphabet</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWi4r-MYhjquP4L9FT2VsxVDd2nfxePS3KahdWS1Zq4qHYUKzP0i87_obydpTHH95WYf5a4XIccAQqpwmS_ORx8hM9wdTSvgs907Xkxj34qg0evOyazGw_G0WjpABo0iIBJK7D1wRywc/s1600-h/4391983303_614a16c030.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWi4r-MYhjquP4L9FT2VsxVDd2nfxePS3KahdWS1Zq4qHYUKzP0i87_obydpTHH95WYf5a4XIccAQqpwmS_ORx8hM9wdTSvgs907Xkxj34qg0evOyazGw_G0WjpABo0iIBJK7D1wRywc/s400/4391983303_614a16c030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445714391662440562" border="0" /></a>English Fractal Alphabet</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-31762083553402186402010-03-01T13:25:00.000-08:002010-03-22T14:36:03.420-07:00Ismar David<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUdZIK9BLcmA_wDdRpQAuqoqY_Cnr5cU_GL1K5cQt3DhDK7Njf53dTESFV5KJak7FcUr1HF__6D2hnTjSg7HU9MgfIbI3J2-azrEHKKmxhGQxN5e6c9KXTnASeiyaYWtzjrSvGpRNghM/s1600-h/IsmarDavid4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUdZIK9BLcmA_wDdRpQAuqoqY_Cnr5cU_GL1K5cQt3DhDK7Njf53dTESFV5KJak7FcUr1HF__6D2hnTjSg7HU9MgfIbI3J2-azrEHKKmxhGQxN5e6c9KXTnASeiyaYWtzjrSvGpRNghM/s400/IsmarDavid4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443389097186566226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">citation for the United Jewish Appeal, </span>NY, 1980</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Born in Germany in 1910, Ismar David studied at the Berlin Municipal school of Arts and Crafts and immigrated to Israel in 1932 where he opened a studio for graphic and interior design. in 1953 moved to New York, where he established his studio specializing in calligraphy, lettering, illustration and book design. David also taught calligraphy at the Cooper Union till 1991.<br /><span class="regular"><br /></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxe1JTSQz0mT8h7k01UMbRxxuY4vvSHalQbnW-sb4FOVK48FSg42yD4LJkdP5uxSTaT4IGKyhjWJQOXG75KK9ZTLFWt5kTkK32WlLAOWQ29nJWubIgJxXNeAXWFBN1JJCz7QxlnV2Vi4/s1600-h/IsmarDavid3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 519px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxe1JTSQz0mT8h7k01UMbRxxuY4vvSHalQbnW-sb4FOVK48FSg42yD4LJkdP5uxSTaT4IGKyhjWJQOXG75KK9ZTLFWt5kTkK32WlLAOWQ29nJWubIgJxXNeAXWFBN1JJCz7QxlnV2Vi4/s400/IsmarDavid3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443388990740424498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >broadside RN Magazine, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">NJ, 1971</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In 1953 Ismar David released one of the most important Hebrew typefaces, <span style="font-style: italic;">David:</span><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OcXteIy_2jfZfMeMGWVL1ZyhmGVNzntntRHEzf8IxaAEB5UsrqXwolQI7Vf4v4DfmrtDq3TqTj67tUAABE-v2SEZ72T3TlZ7ONNICSekwkWT9aaA7oNLJ56sewEVn_1_hq8wSdFBOZ4/s1600-h/ismarDavid2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OcXteIy_2jfZfMeMGWVL1ZyhmGVNzntntRHEzf8IxaAEB5UsrqXwolQI7Vf4v4DfmrtDq3TqTj67tUAABE-v2SEZ72T3TlZ7ONNICSekwkWT9aaA7oNLJ56sewEVn_1_hq8wSdFBOZ4/s400/ismarDavid2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443388921065614354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">David Hebrew font family, </span>1954</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span class="regular"> Zapf wrote about him: <span style="font-style: italic;"></span><i>The work of Ismar David can always be identified by his characteristic style. [...] His expressive drawings, with their undulating linear quality and unusual construction, show his elegant style in every detail.</i></span><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYWwlVXp2VNr4OfGofgLh8fytmhe5nNEWYAGBW3TVtWETpNjjLbG5V0cATas6tjuSqBoiSXa4C0SJXH6ziTsnIGkodSVrpqGT3ZH3j3Grhp1ohK8roF05JmBMVc3pD9R0cOIEblViaE0/s1600-h/IsmarDavid1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 491px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYWwlVXp2VNr4OfGofgLh8fytmhe5nNEWYAGBW3TVtWETpNjjLbG5V0cATas6tjuSqBoiSXa4C0SJXH6ziTsnIGkodSVrpqGT3ZH3j3Grhp1ohK8roF05JmBMVc3pD9R0cOIEblViaE0/s400/IsmarDavid1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443388846115716066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Peace Blessing,</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> poster, 1976</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-15649343818653796212010-02-25T15:22:00.000-08:002010-02-28T12:11:35.199-08:00Dan ReisingerDan Reisinger was born in former Yugoslavia and immigrated to Israel in 1949, after WWII. After serving as the art director for the Israeli Air Force's publications, Reisinger worked and studied across Europe (Brussels, London) and in 1966 returned to Israel where he established his own design studio.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3iNZpriUEO215UQ-qgtdW6mmQzVnumGgF8phHRNucxByqZeVBzDILuT5GSf5LIP2VpP0UzrGEn8c5auXvgPfFWydp_rq96gLnvjjm1lUI4Nok-9Ewlo4JLQVMsdHqGLicoFzeKTMH1A/s1600-h/dan-reisinger.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 455px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3iNZpriUEO215UQ-qgtdW6mmQzVnumGgF8phHRNucxByqZeVBzDILuT5GSf5LIP2VpP0UzrGEn8c5auXvgPfFWydp_rq96gLnvjjm1lUI4Nok-9Ewlo4JLQVMsdHqGLicoFzeKTMH1A/s400/dan-reisinger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441215493758416578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Israel's Independence Day</span> poster, </span>1974<br /></div><br />Throughout his admirable career, Reisinger has dealt with many different aspects of design and culture; political, social and cultural posters, monuments for Yad Vashem- the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, logos for El Al airlines, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Habima national theater, various stamps for the state of Israel, medals of honor for Israel's Defence Forces, and much more...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfO9pVgrZSQB2ZWF_IEtMnuEOjU7ZCRqgfIZWVAcAFkm1NIOrIUnrVPDVrfc6E_gDUfI46fo8l7RARUN_NpC5nFqQkinTlK67GrWA7rmar9jn7hhHg9rl9bRnb_OQKC3L4BFE72qrjXw/s1600-h/rezinger.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfO9pVgrZSQB2ZWF_IEtMnuEOjU7ZCRqgfIZWVAcAFkm1NIOrIUnrVPDVrfc6E_gDUfI46fo8l7RARUN_NpC5nFqQkinTlK67GrWA7rmar9jn7hhHg9rl9bRnb_OQKC3L4BFE72qrjXw/s400/rezinger.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441215245194085826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">various logos: El Al, Lili, Tambour and many more</span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">He claims one of his more significant contributions has been to stretch the visual and communicative possibilities of Hebrew letters, through his symbols and logos.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIHvuWriFqBwIMPdZSiMYloLEP04k64nJz4HB-nhHfXFaU9reqrFiohwczyKWFGEUPVbwFe-ys-fd895AQYQHYsZqq1yIlpNsaDK1wOdmH_fpdBbqO5MOVcG62U9nI9lo5q_htvzfV4o/s1600-h/stamp-maccabiahgames_111309.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 456px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIHvuWriFqBwIMPdZSiMYloLEP04k64nJz4HB-nhHfXFaU9reqrFiohwczyKWFGEUPVbwFe-ys-fd895AQYQHYsZqq1yIlpNsaDK1wOdmH_fpdBbqO5MOVcG62U9nI9lo5q_htvzfV4o/s400/stamp-maccabiahgames_111309.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443386757202124946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">9th Maccabiah</span> stamp, 1973</span><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-43223843513824021242010-02-16T09:23:00.000-08:002010-02-16T09:44:33.644-08:00Adi Stern<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02CF4vfbdfNHpAIgZKomyQufPfuEdgMyauCE1gdh2Ulc7xPlYjEuR34gDYgz86AeIRAPdc27ncyFnLtjplTDdxbwqj4R3EaS3dxsYDZHaFXCAHPue1Sp4pdUZEyTeQ8TE2RDvOd9f_ng/s1600-h/011_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 422px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02CF4vfbdfNHpAIgZKomyQufPfuEdgMyauCE1gdh2Ulc7xPlYjEuR34gDYgz86AeIRAPdc27ncyFnLtjplTDdxbwqj4R3EaS3dxsYDZHaFXCAHPue1Sp4pdUZEyTeQ8TE2RDvOd9f_ng/s400/011_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438893842307283202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Israel Festival, Jerusalem</span> Logo, 1994<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Adi Stern</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > graduated with distinction from the Department of Visual Communication of the <st1:placename st="on">Bezalel</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of Art and Design, <st1:city st="on">Jerusalem</st1:city>, then worked for two years in David Tartakover´s studio. Since 1994, he has owned his design studio in Tel Aviv, specializing in design and typography for cultural institutions as well as in book design.</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >In 2003, Stern studied at the MA program in Typeface Design at <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Reading University</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Since his return to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, and alongside all his other activities, Adi writes and lectures on the design and history of the Hebrew letter.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> In 2008 he became the head of the department from which he had graduated.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcpdZsyKUKiutEMlTRabvvEk7Txs2Av41Xmm73fN7O10OhziyJLX7i_cCRpfeEEOccuAMD495T_uDfOmb-aIT3SttAbYzAJ9v7oeAVLsl4OaA_Da_NsRLYJaj-kWePRHygUyqnww7nA8/s1600-h/011_16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 430px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcpdZsyKUKiutEMlTRabvvEk7Txs2Av41Xmm73fN7O10OhziyJLX7i_cCRpfeEEOccuAMD495T_uDfOmb-aIT3SttAbYzAJ9v7oeAVLsl4OaA_Da_NsRLYJaj-kWePRHygUyqnww7nA8/s400/011_16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438894520591695666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Virus, Bat Sheva dance company</span>, poster</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMwvTsUJOcaDVeIfs-SE8aZuNB4zCQSBF3yRVS9WqGnZAOVP85lXmuM-JJlyZ-0tk5Jd1IZJC_TEzNjPxhmewXeNGYqJ_aDCSjzxl30Bt-dz57hwjvgzu5jzAXH7MM0R7ls3nqpQK8O4/s1600-h/011_12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMwvTsUJOcaDVeIfs-SE8aZuNB4zCQSBF3yRVS9WqGnZAOVP85lXmuM-JJlyZ-0tk5Jd1IZJC_TEzNjPxhmewXeNGYqJ_aDCSjzxl30Bt-dz57hwjvgzu5jzAXH7MM0R7ls3nqpQK8O4/s400/011_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438894106965418674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Occupation Kills Us All</span>, self-produced Poster</span>, 2001<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzyj-V2Jn7q-6xqILjVe93aEL48j-3X4rRVk2KQhpzWZYG_7H6X3a0rWiaayXuJsYcVJ6jSy9xM6S3_3Nxxb-_0cmBolQYHib_5lf5DcukRnFp2oVFb8xhrEmyFwnEXVJ33aZgLMmDAs/s1600-h/011_17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 423px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzyj-V2Jn7q-6xqILjVe93aEL48j-3X4rRVk2KQhpzWZYG_7H6X3a0rWiaayXuJsYcVJ6jSy9xM6S3_3Nxxb-_0cmBolQYHib_5lf5DcukRnFp2oVFb8xhrEmyFwnEXVJ33aZgLMmDAs/s400/011_17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438893403822310082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Territory and Identity</span>, Exhibition catalog, Eretz Israel Museum</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-92200879985437487682010-02-15T23:08:00.000-08:002010-02-16T09:12:26.109-08:00Oded Ezer<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulNNzt0pn-VoS_edyygeIcUquvg_IJsb9-WGSoFL9KOux9J0UtW3vAlfSWToGk_m3YvM12ejfWFL6ynmIjhsFqlM6o3BMqDXTmOy-U9f5cEjPbevkJmGfiVjDYwDi5JrteHpMOsuEzJ4/s1600-h/4197823589_ff76420927.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulNNzt0pn-VoS_edyygeIcUquvg_IJsb9-WGSoFL9KOux9J0UtW3vAlfSWToGk_m3YvM12ejfWFL6ynmIjhsFqlM6o3BMqDXTmOy-U9f5cEjPbevkJmGfiVjDYwDi5JrteHpMOsuEzJ4/s400/4197823589_ff76420927.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438885532511193202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Typembria</span>, <a href="http://www.odedezer.com/typembrya.html">watch video</a></span>, 2009<br /></div><br />He is already world known; the single contemporary israeli typographer (or typographic artists) to become a design pop star. Oded Ezer’s experiments are innovative and inspiring, twisting the boundaries and exploring the possibilities of meshing the field of Hebrew type (as well as Latin) with biology, technology, materiality and endless more alternatives.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZx0ctz5fUj3pCN-GOirDGjb3ip75HgVY6U4wHP1DpScHGRS_J_4YaFzDFFdan74Y4c7SNnQIy60pvpJeze7Ef_LLgCuBbYRkGCx0L5inuPhFAPF0P5jhUUUVSH1LNdjCP1KCTtNgGgqM/s1600-h/odedezer.com1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 471px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZx0ctz5fUj3pCN-GOirDGjb3ip75HgVY6U4wHP1DpScHGRS_J_4YaFzDFFdan74Y4c7SNnQIy60pvpJeze7Ef_LLgCuBbYRkGCx0L5inuPhFAPF0P5jhUUUVSH1LNdjCP1KCTtNgGgqM/s400/odedezer.com1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438885819844879058" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Tybrid - Oded Ezer's typo hybrids</strong></span>, 2007<br /></div><br /><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPZBJab-yQa9ontcDT2v4CR2I7o0gTbwGwb95p_hqR9PeuRsZqOkd-xUIVJtJWwiRS5noqwAzeFgcfMNtw4cVcIgMtVaWN8FEQQIiUO3UPNcUGXlXFQdgi2ZoRTxuoAaMotY5zYboZDA/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPZBJab-yQa9ontcDT2v4CR2I7o0gTbwGwb95p_hqR9PeuRsZqOkd-xUIVJtJWwiRS5noqwAzeFgcfMNtw4cVcIgMtVaWN8FEQQIiUO3UPNcUGXlXFQdgi2ZoRTxuoAaMotY5zYboZDA/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438735683686759762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Maya Light font</span>, corresponds to Futura<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Gestalten recently published his <a href="http://www.gestalten.com/books/detail?id=ceaea7651eff4f0a011f22e652a10004&count=10">monograph</a> - I highly recommend it! Get it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oded-Ezer-Typographers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/3899552423">here</a>.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLFL4ziHc9yvV8BZ5YKqB0dW9uB3y1qTiKepMJZO64_EgQ-aWie-YL09nVMq2sNk5NvUJqt_ZLgl6sagbC48u5OkQ9V2dL91Z0t2LFCFD2Zgl7CKpHrnruzXAyTyNOrw0satZJ7P_Qic/s1600-h/51253021_baa681360e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 437px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLFL4ziHc9yvV8BZ5YKqB0dW9uB3y1qTiKepMJZO64_EgQ-aWie-YL09nVMq2sNk5NvUJqt_ZLgl6sagbC48u5OkQ9V2dL91Z0t2LFCFD2Zgl7CKpHrnruzXAyTyNOrw0satZJ7P_Qic/s400/51253021_baa681360e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438888650049043778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Frankrhulia font</span> (sketches), inspired by <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/frank-ruehl-bt/gallery.html">Frank Ruehl</a></span>, 2005<br /></div><br /></div></div>It is impossible to summarize such a great man and body of work. To see more, you can follow him on his <a href="http://www.ezerdesign.com/">website</a>, <a href="http://odedezer.com/ezerfamily/">foundry</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/odedezer">twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oded_ezer/">flickr</a> and <a href="http://ezerfamily.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dTY1HSdAiPH94yHZ4kyPU_BE2HY8JCq-aH4U-7GsRl8jgVF9JnjZFegGXAuf2jCb2zcUwHmP30YcROvgXbyHlfFkr6pVMVKvfCS5EKp8dzBw-AuqihGjGTYGQJcuMJfH97B-1OAlRHs/s1600-h/303112177_8da2e55a12_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 435px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dTY1HSdAiPH94yHZ4kyPU_BE2HY8JCq-aH4U-7GsRl8jgVF9JnjZFegGXAuf2jCb2zcUwHmP30YcROvgXbyHlfFkr6pVMVKvfCS5EKp8dzBw-AuqihGjGTYGQJcuMJfH97B-1OAlRHs/s400/303112177_8da2e55a12_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438889997131817794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Typosperma</span>, Ezer as the typographic scientist, 2006</span><br /></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-80132041549607371662010-02-15T20:16:00.000-08:002010-02-16T08:42:54.774-08:00History of Jewish Hebrew Printing<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnTSF18kqmbb1TdgjMtzKJ0mzTHOAZ05KQ74rrvYXXvC98SMAWn8dPT7OidrNBOqkH-_cqQD26xK-XzGAai9HQLaqU1OUY7NcOzneTqzvFe3i-K5-sp79Bb_yX1BbhWk1EWKKPMoKZGs/s1600-h/V12p296002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 482px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnTSF18kqmbb1TdgjMtzKJ0mzTHOAZ05KQ74rrvYXXvC98SMAWn8dPT7OidrNBOqkH-_cqQD26xK-XzGAai9HQLaqU1OUY7NcOzneTqzvFe3i-K5-sp79Bb_yX1BbhWk1EWKKPMoKZGs/s400/V12p296002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438876117790004146" border="0" /></a><sc style="font-style: italic;">From the First Illustrated Printed Haggadah,</sc><sc> Prague</sc>, 1526</span><br /></div><br />The Jewish Encyclopedia's <a href="http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=372&letter=T">Typography entry</a>:<br /><p><paratext>The art of printing. The invention of printing was welcomed by the Jews as "the art of writing with many pens." From the time of the earlier printers reference is made to their craft as "holy work" ("'Abodat ha-Ḳodesh"). It may here be treated under the two headings of history and characteristics.</paratext></p><p> <articlemajorsection><a name="1619"><articlesubheadinglevel1><b>I. History:</b></articlesubheadinglevel1></a> </articlemajorsection></p><p> <articleminorsection></articleminorsection></p><p><paratext>The history of Hebrew printing is divided into five stages, of which only a sketch can be attempted in this place, many of the details being already treated under the names of prominent printers or presses. The five stages of Hebrew typography are as follows: I., 1475-1500, incunabula in southern Europe; II., 1500-42, spread to north and east; III., 1542-1627, supremacy of Venice; IV., 1627-1732, hegemony of Amsterdam; V., 1732-1900, modern period, in which Frankfort, Vienna, and, more recently, Wilna and Warsaw have come to the front. For the most part Hebrew printing has been done by Jews, but the printing of Bibles has been undertaken also by Christian typographers, especially at the university towns of Europe. These productions, for lack of space, are for the most part to be neglected in the following sketch.<a href="http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=372&letter=T"><br /></a></paratext></p><p><paratext><a href="http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=372&letter=T">Keep Reading...</a><br /></paratext></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLv-23y3PVpdXRhucXScrv-H_NI2Gfep0XZMKp7dE3is7JQPABwS6sO1nH4EonqelXVXVsGxob079SAjEwajqCgTQr2Nbq1eLT4GbOJB960IYAwOdPanRmv43vpndl9JjvYh1YBPgDGuE/s1600-h/V12p302001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLv-23y3PVpdXRhucXScrv-H_NI2Gfep0XZMKp7dE3is7JQPABwS6sO1nH4EonqelXVXVsGxob079SAjEwajqCgTQr2Nbq1eLT4GbOJB960IYAwOdPanRmv43vpndl9JjvYh1YBPgDGuE/s400/V12p302001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438876420876791266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><sc style="font-style: italic;">From a Passover Haggadah, </sc><sc>Amsterdam</sc>, 1695<br /></span></div><div id="TixyyLink" style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-9503876509098228052010-02-13T22:39:00.000-08:002010-02-16T21:28:16.290-08:00David Tartakover<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUhkCHcYyNUPHsCyCxYLOLNHpwJ_bWMFNWeoBVMo3X7_VC8jtRjfJG8V1xu2ISdYaclyFc0q9PQr_XbpM_Uzf0GqU5CTDEMo_zKTMl35VTVHuO3BNxvvBexOGYeQmFVj9MADPDe6TzqI/s1600-h/kibush.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 382px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUhkCHcYyNUPHsCyCxYLOLNHpwJ_bWMFNWeoBVMo3X7_VC8jtRjfJG8V1xu2ISdYaclyFc0q9PQr_XbpM_Uzf0GqU5CTDEMo_zKTMl35VTVHuO3BNxvvBexOGYeQmFVj9MADPDe6TzqI/s400/kibush.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438734613879108962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">35 Years of Occupation </span>Poster</span>, 2002<br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.tartakover.co.il/">David Tartakover </a>studied at <span class="mw-redirect">Bezalel Academy of Art and Design</span> where he has been teaching as well. Throughout his career he has specialized in various aspects of visual communications, with particular emphasis on culture and politics. Tartakover is one of the most important graphic designers in Israel, and although not a typographer, it is important to mention his work in this blog.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR36himaRcDeo4dYRA9jWpFoYr9sfxmv782zhKEFKKEPotr232TAoT_UR0I68zi_IX5qAKxc_3cMTu9zXFxv8BJEzbkqOGnCWPSbBNZodk33O__4RkQD1j-DPYXSujDs33nvXq-s9eMS8/s1600-h/Israel_30_Independence_Day_1978.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 447px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR36himaRcDeo4dYRA9jWpFoYr9sfxmv782zhKEFKKEPotr232TAoT_UR0I68zi_IX5qAKxc_3cMTu9zXFxv8BJEzbkqOGnCWPSbBNZodk33O__4RkQD1j-DPYXSujDs33nvXq-s9eMS8/s400/Israel_30_Independence_Day_1978.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438869569718585154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">State of Israel's 30th Anniversary</span> Poster, 1978</span><br /><br /></div><span class="t15">To show his support and contribute to a protest movement (that called prime minister <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Begin">Menahem Begin</a> to begin a peace process, in 1978), Tartakover voluntarily designed a poster with the title "Peace Now". The title became the movement's name and was made into the first political sticker in Israel, which is effective till this day.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWPWOtaj0os9lj4z7nWHCl6ppr6D3k2sTSotWdt-95sGz3OYgHkBi3L-CslRQbJiSXAizRd_xBrRCTEVvUtO_iCr32cP0Tto6XySWAP9jeSZYPkKXLonJuJLRo-wAMVNNA4N9J_gEiXQ/s1600-h/shalom2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWPWOtaj0os9lj4z7nWHCl6ppr6D3k2sTSotWdt-95sGz3OYgHkBi3L-CslRQbJiSXAizRd_xBrRCTEVvUtO_iCr32cP0Tto6XySWAP9jeSZYPkKXLonJuJLRo-wAMVNNA4N9J_gEiXQ/s400/shalom2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438734140663728002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Peace Now</span> Logo</span>, 1978<br /></div><br /><span class="t15">The logo originated in the poster Tartakover designed for the 30th anniversary of the state of Israel, in which the word "Peace" is set in the biblical <a href="http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/masterfont/koren-mf/">Koren</a> font (designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_Koren">Eliahu Koren</a> in the 1950's as a revival of Spanish-Italian Hebrew type from 1800's) with blue skies in the background. According to Tartakover, the innovation in the Peace Now logo was the combination of the two typefaces - "peace" set in the traditional Koren and "now" set in the headline-style Haim, explicitly secular Israeli. the contrasting combination gave the logo its presence and memorability.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-37281728058065448942010-02-12T22:09:00.000-08:002010-02-16T07:32:18.770-08:00Oldies CollectionsHere are some great Flickr collections of Israeli vintage memorabilia with Hebrew type:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjgkdGiQfeuRS8LaUIzxWj276TEtqkvwZRcrVltR9NRyAUnYZL4HO9g8E4V6FUfKS_jNlgmJk3r2tU5Pdo_0hzI3PTkTpHJBo_IO9PJntcZf9QqY70LZ-VSn45jBz9AHDgpFURLuatrg/s1600-h/3220313570_9e975ea5d5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 426px; height: 426px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjgkdGiQfeuRS8LaUIzxWj276TEtqkvwZRcrVltR9NRyAUnYZL4HO9g8E4V6FUfKS_jNlgmJk3r2tU5Pdo_0hzI3PTkTpHJBo_IO9PJntcZf9QqY70LZ-VSn45jBz9AHDgpFURLuatrg/s400/3220313570_9e975ea5d5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438726033267367378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">collection of the letter <span style="font-style: italic;">Aleph</span> (first in the Hebrew alphabet), 1900-1950's</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/isotype75/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/isotype75/</a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXBq7kApVsJ62ej9zDy88G7bnC9cuzm2ihVQgpWRaMw-7chd2XxkxG-nf8yq2eJqIUPisyzidLQfN5-4nvnuzW-zptVeoc2uvPHM64dyG0GOzKBVE_TSixIV28BHojBD1xUpcOvisDCQ/s1600-h/3732745059_9e30e0d73e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 447px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXBq7kApVsJ62ej9zDy88G7bnC9cuzm2ihVQgpWRaMw-7chd2XxkxG-nf8yq2eJqIUPisyzidLQfN5-4nvnuzW-zptVeoc2uvPHM64dyG0GOzKBVE_TSixIV28BHojBD1xUpcOvisDCQ/s400/3732745059_9e30e0d73e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438722429590682098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Velveta, Shemen's All Purpose Cream<br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/39094057@N06/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/39094057@N06/</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdvqkyyGvctlRFVesfjPzjJ7l5oNwY8syy9Ow-2ru8HOazQFyJUcJBUrlKrByIcjvSfCgK90WZarhcZbhL_Ju3Umet3Uwn7bSX05JkHyXiWquCAor_TFmUopo48TkUCUXRfNYGJ5jCjQ/s1600-h/368128560_f198c0fafa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 431px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdvqkyyGvctlRFVesfjPzjJ7l5oNwY8syy9Ow-2ru8HOazQFyJUcJBUrlKrByIcjvSfCgK90WZarhcZbhL_Ju3Umet3Uwn7bSX05JkHyXiWquCAor_TFmUopo48TkUCUXRfNYGJ5jCjQ/s400/368128560_f198c0fafa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438723389829956322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Sonol's Road Map<br /></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/safta/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/safta/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9zVWpWnolNSEW2gizisgNjvIDCisIJWdYjcGppjYhiYehlk0-0eR3klqdyGXy-gYz761BbG-XqFPBik2vdxSxdz7Haeg7E-nV_dt9gX2Unp_trXUZc9LmmWyuCuaNhyphenhyphenzM2EDiDPpVSo/s1600-h/3267603677_3c6b3ce7c4_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh9zVWpWnolNSEW2gizisgNjvIDCisIJWdYjcGppjYhiYehlk0-0eR3klqdyGXy-gYz761BbG-XqFPBik2vdxSxdz7Haeg7E-nV_dt9gX2Unp_trXUZc9LmmWyuCuaNhyphenhyphenzM2EDiDPpVSo/s400/3267603677_3c6b3ce7c4_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438724494883286034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Immigration, Absorption, Settlement </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Stamp</span><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenhorton/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenhorton/</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-79835519529621231312010-02-09T09:24:00.000-08:002010-02-15T22:00:46.311-08:00Fontef<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4nfdU0cssfvxavi4VHRAqm1o1vDoBCMqq7bVJfslMnXEbahWbpIP0QeNMbNZ5xki6Z85NT1CYutczQegBdb_dZnktfcyVX5l2_HoqQLSosEAaVEWGJ06S0jLcTV4yzPZN4hPhYrXglo/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 459px; height: 323px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4nfdU0cssfvxavi4VHRAqm1o1vDoBCMqq7bVJfslMnXEbahWbpIP0QeNMbNZ5xki6Z85NT1CYutczQegBdb_dZnktfcyVX5l2_HoqQLSosEAaVEWGJ06S0jLcTV4yzPZN4hPhYrXglo/s400/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438713702906860402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cartonnage</span> Typeface and Notebooks</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Yanek Yontef, a graduate and former teacher at <a href="http://www.bezalel.ac.il/en/">Bezalel</a> academy of art and design, is an important figure in contemporary Hebrew typography. His fonts are seen everywhere across Israel; newspapers, signage, advertisement, branding, posters etc. Yontef's importance is due not only to the large variety of interesting contemporary typefaces he has designed (both Hebrew and Latin), but also in his teaching he pioneered the typography and lettering methodology at Bezalel(former students are, among others, <a href="http://odedezer.com/">Oded Ezer </a>and <a href="http://hatayas.com/">Danny Meirav</a> [Hatayas, Hagilda]).<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-2sA5T_Q1CZVHzsNv20Ba9inxe2Ln9gn9WXzPWvjycv8GSwnU6Mw07Jaj5ocfG5_bzARswPW-Zmb3PrYeMSftXqgl24uHthhIar5UzWPQcq1RxrXZCMWYvb1S_9C7DKdNzgw0OsT_yU/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-2sA5T_Q1CZVHzsNv20Ba9inxe2Ln9gn9WXzPWvjycv8GSwnU6Mw07Jaj5ocfG5_bzARswPW-Zmb3PrYeMSftXqgl24uHthhIar5UzWPQcq1RxrXZCMWYvb1S_9C7DKdNzgw0OsT_yU/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438712632844426034" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 489px; height: 183px;" border="0" /></a></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Pauza</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Pauza Latin</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.fontef.com/heb">Fontef</a> (Yontef's one man type foundry) has a well-designed website (both in Hebrew and English versions) that showcase his great designs. Notice his bilingual families such as Pauza - the latin font has some of the harsh geometries taken from hebrew while the hebrew font has some more roundness at the corners of the letter; both typefaces balance out each other and potentially allow to a good combination of English and Hebrew text.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNbdhmBKPG-MR8s44K5yNS9yRkh6cyU1MURcH1yaFd0X1ZwKixNfua8fhY3HWwOVITUhuQXO_W03ZxbKx7H7tOQJE5ovKHT18wi1LMnvy6NqZotaDNtRfj4GOl-dO9y_8NDyrdIah2Yo/s1600-h/Picture+8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 465px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNbdhmBKPG-MR8s44K5yNS9yRkh6cyU1MURcH1yaFd0X1ZwKixNfua8fhY3HWwOVITUhuQXO_W03ZxbKx7H7tOQJE5ovKHT18wi1LMnvy6NqZotaDNtRfj4GOl-dO9y_8NDyrdIah2Yo/s400/Picture+8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438717141375324850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Strauss</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-58419662254547586672010-02-08T18:46:00.000-08:002010-02-08T22:26:46.716-08:00Hebrew in Motionthere's a lot of motion-typography out there (a least on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=motion+typography+youtube">youtube</a>) and it's pretty refreshing to see some in Hebrew. i found a lot of student work from two Israeli design schools (Shenkar and Bezalel). i personally like these three:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fortis/At Lo Tova Elay (you're no good to me)</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a3MmiePqZFo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a3MmiePqZFo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >credit: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/yyonacho">yyonacho</a></span><br /></div><br />I love Rami Fortis (awesome israeli musician for the past 30 years). I thinks this does a good job with the "vibe" of the song. the animation has a good beat, usage of a variety of fonts, although a few are quite "weird" (ugly), i see how mixing the fonts together portrays some "Punkiness" which Fortis has so much of.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Apples/Ze Ra'ayon Tov (thats a good idea)</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sWcr8XTFho4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sWcr8XTFho4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >credit: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/noodoov1">noodoov1</a></span><br /></div><br />Again, The Apples - awesome Israeli band. I like the use of an older-looking font, to mach the sample of an old record in the song. I believe the main font is Palestina, Oded Ezer's typeface for Hagilda.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hachamishia Hakamerit/Bo (come on)</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XZcFxbXtZJk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XZcFxbXtZJk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >credit: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/eladshrem">eladshrem</a></span><br /></div><br />One of my favorite skits from the Israeli comedy tv show Hachamishia Hakamerit, in which different army officers regurgitate different familier speeches calling on men to join the army. Nice emphasis on different font and color for each voice, which leads to the chaos of type and sound (and message).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372426862178662788.post-85546465480043930182010-02-08T16:21:00.000-08:002010-02-16T09:13:23.012-08:00Hagilda - Independant Type Design Cooperative<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5TsIppBRaWRlaN_g1HlAX5NTaCOQI7LC7c7PEGaaE96nriHbH4XM4jQuSNYjiNKFTMAthA9x-krKxlmESMzwiaxoUZIcuqvBsMxkXEpugtM7JGpoR1JNnui1e9D2kZeqXSoPYquM4Ps/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIFlQhYTfjcTHCBI-DZtO1kev0Tl1pMLTkbWmh5kieDUrAXP_nBYJ8Oac0f1KfY2mEsa9PdKA9JB9yxqFdzLjhkBt3yK_ZQw2UWDSjZh9JiOzP-yDQCqopmBkEphWAcuZ99jqe77hPa4/s1600-h/Picture+7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 492px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIFlQhYTfjcTHCBI-DZtO1kev0Tl1pMLTkbWmh5kieDUrAXP_nBYJ8Oac0f1KfY2mEsa9PdKA9JB9yxqFdzLjhkBt3yK_ZQw2UWDSjZh9JiOzP-yDQCqopmBkEphWAcuZ99jqe77hPa4/s400/Picture+7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438717678897702194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Smoker Serif</span></span><br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.hagilda.com/">Hagilda</a> (The Guild) is an Israeli type foundry (or as they like to define themselves- type design cooperative) of prominent designers <a href="http://www.michalsahar.com/">Michal Sahar</a> and <a href="http://www.hatayas.co.il/">Danny Meirav</a>, both Bezalel graduates from the late 90’s and each runs his/her own independant design studio.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5TsIppBRaWRlaN_g1HlAX5NTaCOQI7LC7c7PEGaaE96nriHbH4XM4jQuSNYjiNKFTMAthA9x-krKxlmESMzwiaxoUZIcuqvBsMxkXEpugtM7JGpoR1JNnui1e9D2kZeqXSoPYquM4Ps/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 485px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5TsIppBRaWRlaN_g1HlAX5NTaCOQI7LC7c7PEGaaE96nriHbH4XM4jQuSNYjiNKFTMAthA9x-krKxlmESMzwiaxoUZIcuqvBsMxkXEpugtM7JGpoR1JNnui1e9D2kZeqXSoPYquM4Ps/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438718331446536706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Palestina </span><span>by Oded Ezer</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM_cE4ZklBn2e8Swktwjl0GXSgBd7u1N05R4NueDDbfpLOv4_P_Uu5mgfQP9Ilti69-LMW_lDItt-vI294pBpeXMrMoP3fT7rkRjIfEQAk_SrsO1NsOYq9FP8AgLo3NhvtQl17Yy6pgw/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 493px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNM_cE4ZklBn2e8Swktwjl0GXSgBd7u1N05R4NueDDbfpLOv4_P_Uu5mgfQP9Ilti69-LMW_lDItt-vI294pBpeXMrMoP3fT7rkRjIfEQAk_SrsO1NsOYq9FP8AgLo3NhvtQl17Yy6pgw/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438718889309162914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Blender Condensed<br /><br /></span></span></div>Almost all of their font families are revivals of known Hebrew typefaces (such as Haim, Aharoni, Meriam) which have become default to us israeli Microsoft Word users (the equivalent to times new roman, if i may say so myself). Hagilda brings the joy back to older Hebrew typography and makes me, at least, pay more attention to the minutiae in such ancestors. Another aspect they express is vernacular or signage inspired typography, such as the poppy and fun Glass of Milk and Kartiv (Popsicle). Looking through the catalog really gives you a sense of the design culture, and therefore popular culture, that developed in the short history of Israel.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTa5c4FcPywZj9wJYhYvHRvHo-MD5PzitWucG2U4hzzjqQj0JzD3rm2CMn_tSs_e4i2q1DdDqBSyEKSrtHkvKuWH3jjI0LjKkmLQUeDxg_2MMwC7L2z2ZdQfju4eAPcMN3xOtWKey2q4M/s1600-h/kartiv.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 485px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTa5c4FcPywZj9wJYhYvHRvHo-MD5PzitWucG2U4hzzjqQj0JzD3rm2CMn_tSs_e4i2q1DdDqBSyEKSrtHkvKuWH3jjI0LjKkmLQUeDxg_2MMwC7L2z2ZdQfju4eAPcMN3xOtWKey2q4M/s400/kartiv.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436035615065129058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Kartiv</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWrV0lTWZGIvVQW8PE1xAideZBjVkgWhfw68Pk8Gz2RPsm30E17YFkUx3U0cuR-2_vhde-0oW1fVHoDyMnnQs0uCdKqH2FhVq9vpnrYs20S8YHXqaN0ZNa4qyiu3jxH_Whce37tKl-hY/s1600-h/glass+of+milk.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWrV0lTWZGIvVQW8PE1xAideZBjVkgWhfw68Pk8Gz2RPsm30E17YFkUx3U0cuR-2_vhde-0oW1fVHoDyMnnQs0uCdKqH2FhVq9vpnrYs20S8YHXqaN0ZNa4qyiu3jxH_Whce37tKl-hY/s400/glass+of+milk.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436036231105514898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Glass of Milk</span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com