What of the lowly page number An Article by Marlon J. Ettinger theoutline.com Statement of intent, chronological guidepost, or cheap trick to inflate the length of a text, page number placement is anything but an afterthought. Behind these innocuous and overlooked symbols, I found many stories to be told. typography
Simon Collison's timeline A Website by Simon Collison colly.com Show image 0 Show image 1 Show image 2 I’ve shaped this timeline over five months. It might look simple, but it most definitely was not. I liken it to chipping away at a block of marble, or the slow process of evolving a painting, or constructing a poem; endless edits, questions, doubling back, doubts. It was so good to have something meaty to get stuck into, but sometimes it was awful, and many times I considered throwing it away. Overall it was challenging, fun, and worth the effort. wwwhistorymicrosites