#typofreak

If you ever thought that being obsessed with letters is such a weird disease that nobody else shows symptoms of it except for me (and maybe the Typofreak Club), then I have to disappoint you. There is a group on Facebook called Typo Budapest, in which similarily typofreak people upload their photos of outdoor typography made mostly in Budapest, but also in some other places. Then they discuss them, and everyone is happy. That works perfectly in a big city like the capital of Hungary – in a small town like mine the whole thing becomes more complex though. You must face certain difficulties, like when you take more than two pictures, all the people in the streets (which means all 10) are either thinking you're from the authorities, or they call for the authorities to arrest you. No wonder there is no Typo Jászberény group on Facebook. Hungarian translation: – Nem, nem azért fotózom a cégtáblád, mert jogsértő, hanem mert annyira veszettül szörnyű a tipója. – Legális! Kifizettem! Az egész. Kiba. Legáliss!!!

Guys. Never dress up as a Comic Sans Criminal on a costume party in which there are only normal people. Trust me. They won't appreciate it very much. Hungarian translation: Mos’ mivan? Hát nem egyértelmű?! (póló felirata: nagyon komoly dógok)

Hungarian translation: „… avagy be tudná mutatni, pontosan mi járul hozzá az A-sághoz. Mikor nem A egy A? Avagy mikor nem R egy R?…” Igen! Eric Gill An Essay on Typography* című értekezéséből olvasok fel a macskámnak. ÉS AKKOR MI VAN?! *igen, angolul. A szakszövegeket jobb szereti eredeti nyelven magáévá tenni.

Are you wondering who might be this girl next to me? She's Anna, my classmate. A few weeks ago I've told you how my friend Eszti heroically provided half the school's typography textbook (of which event I've even did a drawing once). In case I've missed to mention, the author of The Book is called Péter Virágvölgyi, for which reason most people call it “the Virágvölgyi book” – although I'm more than convinced that my name for it is much better. So you remember how I always say one cannot read it without becoming at least a bit typofreak? Well, gotcha, Anna! It's proven! Ha! Hungarian translation: – …úgyhogy még mindig nincs munkám, és… várj, az ott Comic Sans??? – Nagyon úgy tűnik… Vicces. Virágvölgyi-effektus. Egyszerűen nem lehet neki ellenállni.

Since it's a part of a series, I had no voice in its typography, design or anything connected with its look. So shouldn't have been a big thing for me to recognise those typical lowercase “a” characters, then the “e”-s, then the “c”-s, etc…? I thought at least Eszti will understand…