I have just received an advertisement in the mail, if you can call a beautifully bound book an ‘advertisement’. The ad’s for Zlota 44, a residential skyscraper that is soon to tower over the Warsaw skyline. The folks at EuroRSCG Marketing have chosen my handwriting typeface ‘Daniel’ for the body text.

The pages fold out to reveal views of the Warsaw skyline, and my handwriting appears in gold on blue acetate, curved to reflect the arc of the sun, which matches the curvature of the building.

It’s a really beautiful piece. And as a bonus, no one is ever allowed to give me any crap about my handwriting ever again, ever.

As always, you can download the ‘Daniel’ typeface free from dafont.com.

The importance of knowing your typography:

School officials apologized after an X-rated font was used on a third-grade spelling packet handed out to parents. The font showed male and female stick figures in provocative poses to form the letters of the alphabet.

The font in question is, of course, the infamous GroupSex.
From the local paper:

Sources said the teacher had no idea the alphabet was offensive when she downloaded the font from the Internet. It’s unclear if any disciplinary action has been or will be taken against the teacher, who sources said has been with the district for many years.

“I definitely believe it was a mistake,” said Kelly Stegmann, Pine Tree Parent Teacher Association president. Stegmann said she received very few calls from parents about it.

Mistake? The teacher failed to notice that she was downloading and installing a font called ‘GroupSex’? And then chose it from the menu, not realising that she was choosing a font that said ‘GroupSex’? Is this like the ‘mistake’ I made when I downloaded 1,500 pictures of breasts, without realising what I was looking at?

No, if you’re going to do erotic typography, you do it properly and unapologetically. In fact, I recommend ‘Vintage Erotique‘.
Now that’s worth giving to parents.