For all my fellow word nerds out there… If you haven’t discovered Wordle yet, it’s a must, particularly if you also love typography and layout. Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can… Read more »
Posts Tagged: writing
Words to live (and design) by
My father (Thomas J. Gough) was a psychologist by profession. Perhaps because of his quest to better understand and help people, and/or as a result of being the son of an award-winning commercial graphic artist, he had an acute sense of the power of words. Consequently, my father chronicled much of his life’s discoveries, thoughts,… Read more »
Ogham: the ancient script of Ireland
With another St. Patrick’s Day upon us this weekend, it seems a fitting time to share my longstanding fascination with Ogham, an ancient form of writing dating back to 5th century Ireland. Ancient Ogham inscriptions were carved in stone or wood, and read from bottom to top. It is sometimes referred to as the “tree… Read more »
