a little birdie told me so: Playing with Type

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Playing with Type

Brown Owl

6 comments:

RachelMay 20, 2008 at 9:54 PM
I think you have hit on something great!

Show us more!
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Christian - Modobject@HomeMay 21, 2008 at 6:29 AM
I love your darling owls. Very nice work.
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tincanlilyMay 21, 2008 at 9:09 AM
I love the owl. Now that I know, I can see the letters so clearly. It helps that I have my reading glassed on. Have a wonderful day.
denise
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Pamela JaneMay 21, 2008 at 9:56 AM
What a fun exercise in looking and creating! Please do show us more!
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LaviniaMay 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM
I see o's, w's and v's....what else am I missing???
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steviewrenMay 21, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Lavinia, L is the only other letter I used. I used Photoshop to manipulate the size and shape of the letters. I also filled in the O on the wings and the V on the nose. I think the font I used was Papyrus.

Thanks everyone. It was fun. Using a different font should change the way the image appears. I will try another.

My power went out last night along with the cable. Cable was still out this morning. Hopefully I will be able to access my internet from home tonight.

Have a great day.
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I'm glad you stopped by and I look forward to your comments. As Dr. Fraser Crane would say, "Hello, I'm listening."

...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'