Passion

It's how we do the little things - shift an edit 2 frames, finesse an audio transition, or kern our type - that takes us beyond being professional and into "craftsman" status. To become a craftsman requires persistence over time, inquisitiveness, and a healthy dollop of passion.

If you need a little inspiration this (Friday) morning - maybe you can feed off the passion on a posting about... Copperplate Gothic. Yes, that's right - a font:

"Copperplate Gothic’s default ubiquity and, by consequence, broad misuse, has procured it a place among The Designers’ Holy Hatred Font pantheon reigned by Papyrus and Comic Sans — and while there is still no campaign to ban Copperplate Gothic, it does have its detractors. Yet, to this more prevalent Mr. Hyde side of Copperplate Gothic, there is a valiant Dr. Jekyll ready to shine from its own evil cast."

Passion can be infectious... so if you need to catch the flu this morning (as I did), it's a fun read, if maybe a little cerebral.

HT: Daring Fireball

- pi

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