An aborted journey; we finish Midsomer murders; body-text fonts, pt. 7: Janson Text
My parents set out yesterday for a tour of Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, one or both Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and I forget where else. How I envied them! They got as far as Illinois, and then my mother tested positive for COVID.
So, now, they’re back.
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This month’s typeface is Janson Text.
(A crooked but stimulating observation.)
Some say this typeface is the best of the Jansons. I wish it had a longer-tailed Q, as Monotype Janson has.
Also, everything depends on what you count as a Janson. Is Ehrhardt a Janson? Now, there’s a question.
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It took five years, but Karin & I finished viewing all of Midsomer Murders. Twenty-two seasons; 132 episodes of 90–100 minutes.
My overall assessment:
Grainier picture → better episode.
More French horn → better episode.
More scenes with Joyce Barnaby and Cully Barnaby → better episode.
Teleplay by Anthony Horowitz → better episode.
In other words: the earlier, the better (as a rule).
As it happens, we concluded the project with an early episode: S2E3, “Dead Man’s Eleven,” about the cricket. When we first tried it – four years ago? – I couldn’t stay awake, due to my sleep apnea.
I don’t know if more episodes will be released.
Whatever will we do when we run out of Midsomer Murders?, I used to lament.
Karin suggested: Watch them again.
I think we shall.
So, now, they’re back.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
This month’s typeface is Janson Text.
(A crooked but stimulating observation.)
Some say this typeface is the best of the Jansons. I wish it had a longer-tailed Q, as Monotype Janson has.
Also, everything depends on what you count as a Janson. Is Ehrhardt a Janson? Now, there’s a question.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
It took five years, but Karin & I finished viewing all of Midsomer Murders. Twenty-two seasons; 132 episodes of 90–100 minutes.
My overall assessment:
Grainier picture → better episode.
More French horn → better episode.
More scenes with Joyce Barnaby and Cully Barnaby → better episode.
Teleplay by Anthony Horowitz → better episode.
In other words: the earlier, the better (as a rule).
As it happens, we concluded the project with an early episode: S2E3, “Dead Man’s Eleven,” about the cricket. When we first tried it – four years ago? – I couldn’t stay awake, due to my sleep apnea.
I don’t know if more episodes will be released.
Whatever will we do when we run out of Midsomer Murders?, I used to lament.
Karin suggested: Watch them again.
I think we shall.