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John Boardley
Saigon, Vietnam
Founder of ILT and Codex the journal of letterforms.
230 words in 8 moments in 3 cities since July 17th, 2013
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The paper may have faded, but 500 years on — half a millennium! — and these woodcuts, are as charming, witty, and beautiful as ever.
Ho chi minh city — Writing as archaeology: The most enjoyable and profound (and I never use that word lightly) part of writing a monograph on someone who died 500 years ago is the discovery of scattered bones and their ...
Cover for Codex #3. Now for Epson proofs and then files to the new printer in Barcelona. Both exhilarating and terrifying — as always.
Ho chi minh city — These days I can hardly type a single sentence without a typo! Arghh!
Almost completed proofreading issue 3 of Codex. It is a fantastic issue. For sure the best a idex yet. Very proud of the Codex team and the extended ‘family’ of authors and contributors.
Ho chi minh city — And ironic (?) that I should publish that sketch with typos. Time to avert my gaze from printed proofs and pixel approximations. Kind of wishing I still smoked.
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The paper may have faded, but 500 years on — half a millennium! — and these woodcuts, are as charming, witty, and beautiful as ever.
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Cover for Codex #3. Now for Epson proofs and then files to the new printer in Barcelona. Both exhilarating and terrifying — as always.
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Almost completed proofreading issue 3 of Codex. It is a fantastic issue. For sure the best a idex yet. Very proud of the Codex team and the extended ‘family’ of authors and contributors.
in Ho Chi Minh City
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The paper may have faded, but 500 years on — half a millennium! — and these woodcuts, are as charming, witty, and beautiful as ever.
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‘A man who follows someone else not only does not find anything, he is not even looking….The men who pioneered the old routes are leaders, not our masters.’—Seneca
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Cover for Codex #3. Now for Epson proofs and then files to the new printer in Barcelona. Both exhilarating and terrifying — as always.
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Final final final round of edits to Codex 3
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Just completed proofreading of Codex #3. I love this issue. Paul, Linda, Alta, & Allen have produced something really quite magnificent.
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Almost completed proofreading issue 3 of Codex. It is a fantastic issue. For sure the best a idex yet. Very proud of the Codex team and the extended ‘family’ of authors and contributors.
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Final round of proofreading for Codex #3
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