The book cover “How to talk to your cat about gun safety” IDK WHAT I WAS EXPECTING BUT NOT THAT I AM DECEASED. 😭
In more seriousness: the first discussion reminds me of this YouTube video I think by Vox or something (I will find it), about how literally all of us need (or prefer) subtitles now on movies and TV because of the way mixing and audio compressing is done for screens compared to older times. Super interesting. I definitely prefer subtitles myself.
I love Bruno! So neat to see kids shows putting in that representation.
Re: the fonts this is so interesting. That particular font kind of icks me out. I wonder who made it - man or a woman 😅 Also weirdly reminds me of Colleen Hoover’s now-cancelled colouring book based on her fiction “romance” book that deals with domestic violence 💀
But it got me thinking, fonts with meaning and history by BIPOC creators could be really really cool. That would still be a form of activism even if it was more about culture or history. I wonder if there are any Indigenous font foundries, now that would be so cool!!!
I might have to put together a Hall of Fame of my fave covers because LAWD, there were some that had me in stitches laughing. Like... PEOPLE ARE SO WILD 😭
Thank you for the link! Ironically, I can nerd out about the mechanics of that kind of stuff (audio compression). I already know I'm gonna be harassing my video editor friends about it haha
Bingo on the fonts! Because I've seen cishet White people do most of these kinds of campaigns, it kind of made me side-eye. Who was involved? Who made decisions? Did they speak to the people they claim to want to help? All that stuff.... I'm down for BIPOC, LGBT+, etc creators telling their own stories ✊🏽
I did some digging- the agency that made it is 5 people, 3/5 are men. 🤷🏻♀️ Obviously domestic violence can be against all genders but it isn’t an even divide statistically.
I also saw the photo for the “inspiration” behind the letterforms and honestly it made it so much worse. I actively dislike this font now it feels weirdly fetishistic somehow. Like gives me the vibes that the physical suffering from DV can be “beautiful/art” through letterforms and I very much do not like this.
The book cover “How to talk to your cat about gun safety” IDK WHAT I WAS EXPECTING BUT NOT THAT I AM DECEASED. 😭
In more seriousness: the first discussion reminds me of this YouTube video I think by Vox or something (I will find it), about how literally all of us need (or prefer) subtitles now on movies and TV because of the way mixing and audio compressing is done for screens compared to older times. Super interesting. I definitely prefer subtitles myself.
I love Bruno! So neat to see kids shows putting in that representation.
Re: the fonts this is so interesting. That particular font kind of icks me out. I wonder who made it - man or a woman 😅 Also weirdly reminds me of Colleen Hoover’s now-cancelled colouring book based on her fiction “romance” book that deals with domestic violence 💀
But it got me thinking, fonts with meaning and history by BIPOC creators could be really really cool. That would still be a form of activism even if it was more about culture or history. I wonder if there are any Indigenous font foundries, now that would be so cool!!!
This was the video-you might have seen it already! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJtb2YXae8
I might have to put together a Hall of Fame of my fave covers because LAWD, there were some that had me in stitches laughing. Like... PEOPLE ARE SO WILD 😭
Thank you for the link! Ironically, I can nerd out about the mechanics of that kind of stuff (audio compression). I already know I'm gonna be harassing my video editor friends about it haha
Bingo on the fonts! Because I've seen cishet White people do most of these kinds of campaigns, it kind of made me side-eye. Who was involved? Who made decisions? Did they speak to the people they claim to want to help? All that stuff.... I'm down for BIPOC, LGBT+, etc creators telling their own stories ✊🏽
I did some digging- the agency that made it is 5 people, 3/5 are men. 🤷🏻♀️ Obviously domestic violence can be against all genders but it isn’t an even divide statistically.
I also saw the photo for the “inspiration” behind the letterforms and honestly it made it so much worse. I actively dislike this font now it feels weirdly fetishistic somehow. Like gives me the vibes that the physical suffering from DV can be “beautiful/art” through letterforms and I very much do not like this.