Type: The Secret History of Letters I picked up this book at the local library because I’ve always been really interested in typography, but I know virtually nothing about it. I started to teach myself calligraphy a few years back, so I know the anatomy of a letter. I have a bunch of fonts on […]

Everyone knows that Pittsburgh is a city of bridges (The City of Bridges, in fact – we’ve got Venice beat by three!). Depending on how you count, we have 446 (counting towards the official record: only bridges that have piers, and are within the city limits), 994 (highway bridges in the metropolitan area), or 2139 […]

I’m a total Pittsburgh history buff. I love this city, and one of the things I love most about it is how everywhere you go, everything has a story. From the old steel mills lining the rivers, to the families who have lived in the same neighborhood for 5 generations, to the dinosaurs that pop […]