Sturdy Hoe

Rune Factory plot update:



Ooooh mysterious.

Also, got Brain Age 2. The games do seem harder but in general more fun than the straight-forward math problems in the previous installment.

Myriad

This year's edition, Guiness World Records 2008, had this to say about the font used in the book:

This year's edition is set in Myriad Pro, a beautifully proportioned and highly readable humanist sans serif typeface designed in the early 1990s by Robert Slimbach and Carol Twombly (both USA). Humanist fonts are those that embody the cleaness and purity of a modern, "grotesque" typeface with the natural, organic feel of hand-drawn letters; sans serif refers to the lack of serifs or flourishes - such as the small feet on a serified n or i - common to the "roman" typefaces.

That was...s-so beautiful. *sheds a tear*

Although admittedly I didn't know that bit about the sans serif.

I searched for "Myriad Pro" and it turns out that for $35 each you can choose from a whole myriad of styles of Myriad Pro, such as: Regular, Condensed, SemiCondensed, and SemiExtended, not including all the Bold, Black, Italic, Light, and SemiBold variations.

The website also adds:

Myriad also has subtle geometric shaping and monotone color, balanced by varying letter widths and open counter shapes. A readable and friendly face, Myriad works well for both text and display typography. A headline font and the playful "sketch" and "tilt" versions add versatility.

This is clearly the BEST FONT EVER.

I think I haven't had enough exposure to the world of "professional font-making".

Expirty

Today I took a crazy adventure with public transportation. In one outing I experienced for the first time YRT busing, VIVA busing, and TTC busing. (Having only previously taken TTC streetcars and subways) Yes...somehow I haven't taken the YRT until now. I learned that:

1) VIVA Purple doesn't go straight (realized once the Hwy 7 bus whizzed by)

2) You pay when you get OFF a TTC bus?

Recently I've been playing Rune Factory, although getting it was hard as its existence in Canada was very vague and uncertain until recently, even though it was apparently everywhere in the US and they didn't know what to do with all of them. I finally found it by asking an EB rep in the store. (They hid them in the storeroom and didn't feel like displaying a single game box)

Anyhoo, my favourite character so far is the pastor, Wesley.



No doubt he bathes with holy water as well.