Nerdfest, thoughts and reflections

So, I attended an InDesign class yesterday, and wow. Nerd levels were so high. Although I felt frightfully out of place, my chest swelled up with joy to be sitting amongst the perfectly ordered rows of softly glowing screens. Not to mention under Dynasty-style hotel chandeliers.
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After finding a seat near the back, I self-consciously pulled out my pen and notebook, knowing that to these techies it was probably the equivalent of a stone tablet and chisel. Then I sat admiring the geeks buzzing about, setting up complete workstations around me. People not only had their sleek laptops, but a full array of technological comforts, including wireless mice and cool mini halogen reading spotlights that suspended over their keyboards. Having only a now antiquated iMac of my own, I definitely felt like an outsider to this cult of technology, but it did escalate my lust for my soon-to-be-purchased (hopefully) MacBook Pro to unbearable heights. Strangely, the sight of Macs and PCs sitting side by side in peace and harmony sort of restored my faith in humanity.The instructor revealed that her cat’s name is Pixel. I felt proud that I knew enough of the kumpooter lingo to follow along and raise my hand to acknowledge that yes, I had half a clue of what she was talking about. And as if it weren’t a perfect moment already, I kid you not, the first thing I overheard during the break was my neighbor asking his friend, “What’s your favorite font?” and they proceeded to debate the qualities of Bodoni, Futura, Gill Sans and the many Helveticas, and both agreed they could stand never to see Garamond again. So dorky. So deliciously dorky.

May 16, 2006. Uncategorized. 10 Comments.

10 Comments

  1. karen replied:

    I’ll see your Bauer Bodoni & raise you an ATSackersGothic any day, Coll.

    May 16th, 2006 at 4:09 pm. Permalink.

  2. LD replied:

    I’m an Arial girl myself….sometimes Arial Black. I could do without Times Roman.

    May 17th, 2006 at 9:23 am. Permalink.

  3. kittyteef replied:

    my coworker requires a 12 pt font on most everything that comes rolling out of the printer. i’m just thinking glasses. get some.

    May 17th, 2006 at 10:08 am. Permalink.

  4. Collene replied:

    hahaha! 12 pt. type is so horsey!

    also, comic sans really gets my goat.

    May 17th, 2006 at 10:16 am. Permalink.

  5. karen replied:

    6/7 helvetica neue condensed, please…now i’m hot!

    May 17th, 2006 at 11:03 am. Permalink.

  6. Anne replied:

    www.dafont.com

    It’s like porn for font lovers.

    May 17th, 2006 at 11:20 am. Permalink.

  7. Michael replied:

    Most of the time I feel like Zapf dingbats. Especially when I try to communicate. Asterisk square arrow?

    May 17th, 2006 at 1:38 pm. Permalink.

  8. Collene replied:

    I enjoy writing to my robot friends in Barcode. Plus, I hear there’s a cursive version in development, so that will add some flexibility to my communications.

    May 17th, 2006 at 1:54 pm. Permalink.

  9. karen replied:

    Lorem ipsum dolar duis less autem vel sette….to all my greek friends

    May 17th, 2006 at 2:46 pm. Permalink.

  10. LD replied:

    I one time had to re-layout like 10 pages of restaurant listings because it was all like
    1/2 a point off in the leading. Magazine HELL!

    May 18th, 2006 at 12:12 pm. Permalink.

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