Outstanding one Luke!

ChrisL

Pattyfab, Snow+Flower+Cross = Grace+Peace+Love!
Luke, "Piece" emits joy and "Joy" emits peace!
Linda, May there be peace wherever the Spouse may take you.
All the Best for All

I wish I could turn it on without the other widgets, a must !
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/justforfun/christmaslights.html

Hehe, kiitos very much Alessandro.

Thanks James, Bouncing J-Ball and flying Pad will make it more Fonty?!

Could you please remove that .gif, Aziz ?

Why?

It's not important, sorry.

ChrisL

I'm not into the Christian part of xmas or any of the hype, but I try hard to live by these principals. "Human is" --- to forgive, to empathize and have compassion for others, no matter what you believe personally.

In other words, it's okay to differ---diversity is strength & richness in any community---as long as after all is said and done we can put aside our ideology and be human, forgive each other's errors and faults, and try to see each other's point of view.

That's not hiding behind a veil of relativism, but an explanation of empathy.

Wishing all typophiles the very best.

j a m e s

Well said James.

ChrisL

:D Cheers Chris. You're an inspiration!

j a m e s

"...You’re an inspiration"

Actually, I am just an old geezer who is tired of seeing people kill eachother throughout history over nonsense and never learn from it.

Thanks for the kind words though.

ChrisL

Looks cozy enough to call home Nick!
:-)

ChrisL

Sheez, is that dead people hanging from a tree? I guess every family celebrates in different ways.

I don't place a lot of stock in christmas either, it doesn't really seem to be much about forgiveness and mercy, but, to paraphrase, 'Greater love has no-one then the man who dies for his mates (aussie slang = friends)', that's what I like about it, remembering the birth of the man who went on to do just that,
Happy Christmas, God give us peace

Nick

Da Kine , Have not you found a better picture?
Norbert Florendo, Yours has given me the power of Rotation!

- Lex

I started writing this...

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AT MONOTYPE

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was hinting, not even with a mouse;
The proofs were stacked in the office with care,
In hopes that Robin Nicholas soon would be there…

I could go on ;-) but gave up. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

peace

Peace on Earth to all! Happy Holidays everyone!

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Tim

Have a nice one, children!

Lorenza

Nice sentiments, James and Dezcom! Happy Holidays to all!

Still puzzled by:
> the missing L in Dezcom’s Letter-Tree
> the Vast Process of Paul Cutler
> the HNHOHEHL of Eben Sorkin

Missing L, old typographic/pronounciation christmas joke, the entire alphabet but no L (Noel, French, from Latin, for Christmas).
HNHOHEHL take on the kerning exercise, with NOEL inserted.
Vast Process
http://typophile.com/node/28208?from=100&comments_per_page=50

Tim

Many Thanks Timd with Flowers
It seems that my understanding to Latin typographic/pronounciation is not better than yours to Arabic Calligraphy? But Do you think everything was clear to everyone before I asked?

Aziz - the process is vast is a poem I wrote - 4 words that sum it up for me.

The link timd supplied was the unedited version.

Do you think anything is clear to everyone? :)

peace

Your English is much better than my Arabic.
I was confused by the Vast Process, I'm still not completely clear on it, the missing L joke is widely known, but apparently not widely enough for all Typophiles.

Tim

Paul Cutler, Did any body lend you my Spindle?
_____________________________
Please allow Timd to judge between us!

Thanks for the loan - I'll repay it with Flowers…

magnolias
smelling god

peace

Long before I knew about the typographic missing "L," I always thought that it meant that our planet should get the "L" out of stupidity. :-)

Anyone who doesn't have English as their native language would certainly be forgiven for not knowing. :-)

To Linda with Flowers:
1 Feel blessed to be a native Arabic speaker.
2 Thanks for excusing my naive Questions.

Please allow Timd to judge between us!

I must decline, rather than laurel wreaths, I offer olive branches.

Tim

Aziz: having another language other than English is always a good thing. I just wish I spoke more than just English, French, and enough Spanish and Italian to get the necessities of life. ;-)

> I must decline, rather than laurel wreaths, I offer olive branches.
Olive Olive Olive! Long Live Long Live Long Live! Tim Daly,

> I just wish I spoke more than just English, French, and enough Spanish and Italian to get the necessities of life. ;-)

Linda, though I can speak+write English, Malay, Persian, Arabic (Thai and Japanese before), I see the most communicative is Sign+Body Language.

> Thanks for the loan - I’ll repay it with Flowers…
Paul Cutler is free from that loan for exchanging Flowers!
_________________________________________
Happy X-mas + Love + Peace + Flowers + Branch of Olive

It is not where you go, it is who you go with!
http://www.splart.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=14173

ChrisL

Have you been naughty or nice this year?

(fonts by Kevin King & Ray Larabie - diacritical work by me :)

Happy Holidays all! And thank goodness it is not bitter cold and snowy down here in Virginia.

Michael

What part of Virginia do you live in? It is bitter cold up here in Northern VA.

ChrisL

I am in Richmond Chris. It's cold but not too bad. Now, when I went outside this morning to walk (4:45) it was colllllllllllld.

Michael

Now this would be a cold concept

Michael

Awoke to wind chills around -20 degrees yesterday morning. Snow drifted to around 2 feet. Thank goodness, however, that our power was out for only six days the week before and back on before the deep freeze and heavy snows hit. Could've been worse.

So, I revived an old illustration for this year's greeting:

 
Safe and Happy Holidays to all.

-- Kent.

Absolutely cold and beautiful Kent! Crank up those chimneys. Did the salt hit the illustration before it hit the road?
Michael

To a better 09!

: (

Jeez, Can't we at least separate the church and state here?

Michael

Kent, your illustration is gorgeous. I just love it.

Sharon

Michael - my card has nothing whatsoever to do with the church. Neither does the subject line of this thread.

sorry - accidental double post.

Sorry pattyfab... I had just listened to a rant on cable and they were mixing it up, injecting politics into the season, or it may have been the other way around. The word "change" came up and I was loaded for bear. Unfortunately you were the first moving target.

Kinda takes the jolly out of the season, which is what I thought this thread was about.

So Happy Holidays and in the words of Bryan Adams... Please forgive me. Better written than sung by me : ) You know the old "can't carry a tune in a bucket" thing.

Michael

I dunno, I think that despite the truly dreadful situation we are in right now, there is more hope and excitement about next year than I have seen in a long time.

This thread is actually from 2 years ago.

Everyone may "inject politics" wherever they want, this does not make what they inject anything inherently religious or good.

Also politics (from the Greek πολιτικος; πόλις was the community of citizens) is meant to be a positive word, and any word is inherently positive, at least in its root…

Hi Claudio. The ancient Greek word "polis" meant city, or city state. A link to a solid and reliably-sourced Wikipedia article.

"Politic" is derived from "polis".

Also politics (from the Greek πολιτικος; πόλις was the community of citizens) is meant to be a positive word, and any word is inherently positive, at least in its root

My Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives this definition for "politic":
Politic a. and Late ME. [-(O)Fr. politique sb. and adj. - L. politicus _ Gr. civic, civil political (as sb., politician), f. citizen, f. city, state; see -ic.] adj. †1. = Political a. 1 (by which it is now superseded)) -1756. b. Pertaining to a constitutional state, as dist. from a despotism; constitutional (rare) 1449. 2. Characterized by policy; (of persons) actions or sagacious, prudent, shrewd; (of actions or things) judicious, expedient, skillfully contrived. Late ME. b. In a sinister sense: scheming, crafty, cunning; diplomatic, artfully contriving or contrived 1580.

. . . and any word is inherently positive, at least in its root

That makes no sense to me. Even tho I find this assertion lacking in merit I send you my best wishes for the festive season. Keep the spirit of joy alive in your heart Claudio, and go on doing what you do best. Go with what makes sense to you and don't let anyone else, least of all me, tell you what to do or what to believe.

Kind & warm regards,
j a m e s

ChrisL

Chris, you have truly outdone yourself. Happy Christmas!

Oh! I'll post mine here as well.
Happy 2009 everyone :)

Best wishes in Wood, metal & ink

Merry Christmas! I don’t believe in gods, but Christmas – well, that’s Christmas. Comfortable childhood memories.

oops. I made a new post without having seen this one. Well here's mine. again.

Jasper

have a great...

Nice one wouter!

loving the innovation and authenticity emanating from some of the pieces here. dezcom the santa thing is almost out of this world. way to go