Body-text fonts, pt. 22: Caslon no. 540

“Colorado Supreme Court Disqualifies Trump from State’s 2024 Ballot.”

Another in a long list of amazing yet ho-hum headlines about Donald Trump.

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Congrats, again, to Alexander Domínguez for carrying Liga de Quito to a championship – this time, in the domestic league. He stopped two spot kicks in Liga’s shootout victory over Independiente del Valle.

The prodigy Kendry Páez scored IDV’s goal.

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At least four parties to go, and I’m already Christmas-partied out. The partying hasn’t been bad, but the gorging has been. For the first time in years, I’m repulsed by the prospect of eating cookies and potato chips.

Come to think of it, I ate cookies and potato chips today. At home.

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There are thinner and fatter Caslons; of the fatties, my favorite is Caslon no. 540.

The italics are … dramatic. Good for occasional emphasis; bad in bibliographies.

The dubiously named QualiType Caslan is a serviceably priced (i.e. free) imitation of this typeface.

Qualifiers 1 and 2 (at Argentina; vs. Uruguay)

Thursday, September 7, in Buenos Aires: Argentina 1, Ecuador 0. Free-kick goal by Messi.

Today, in Quito: Ecuador 2, Uruguay 1. Two goals by Félix Torres.

Also of note: Ecuador’s prodigy, Kendry Páez, no. 16, aged 16, played well against and was brutalized by the Uruguayans (I mean, was brutalized physically, not footballistically).

Our goal differential is zero and our point total is zero because we began the tournament with minus-three points. Even so, in these two games, we climbed from last to second-last in the standings. Ante-ante-penultimate’ll be good enough for us to qualify for the World Cup’s intercontinental play-in round. Ante-ante-ante-penultimate’ll be good enough for us to qualify directly for the World Cup.

But that’ll be determined years from now.