Free Font Maker

Have you ever wanted to make your own typeface? I have.

I had a friend who was a genius at drawing fonts (typefaces). I was soooo jealous. I couldn't even hand letter a simple "This way to the bathroom" sign (which is why I learned to typeset) without it looking like a 4-year-old had lettered it.

Now, with the magic of technology, even I can create customized letters. I'm so excited!

Introduction to FontStruct from fontstruct on Vimeo.

So, check out this cool, free, downloadable font maker at fontstruct.com

Of course, if you aren't feeling artistic today, you can download someone else's creation. Just wait til my type-obsessed friend, Sally, sees THIS!

Of course, my first letter is going to be a "B."

Bank of America customers - free museums first weekend of every month!

Bank of America is now offering free museum entrance to selected museums in 18 states, on the first weekend of every month - you just show any Bank of America card.

http://promotions.bankofamerica.com/museums/ (click on link to see more details and which museums are available in your state or vacation destination)

Not all museums are included, but there are some very good ones included in this offer - in Southern California they are:

LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90036
323 857-6000
www.lacma.org

Long Beach Museum of Latin America Art
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA
90802
562.437.1689
www.molaa.org

Orange County Discovery Science Center
2500 N. Main Street, Santa Ana
Orange County, CA
92705
(714)542-2823
www.discoverycube.org


Orange County Laguna Art Center
307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach
Orange County, CA
92651
(949)494-8971
www.lagunaartmuseum.org

Riverside Art Center
3425 Mission Inn Ave.
Riverside, CA
92501
951-684-7111
www.riversideartmuseum.org

San Diego's Birth Aquariam at Scripps
2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla
San Diego, CA
92037
(858)534-FISH

San Diego's Mingei Internatonal Museum at Balboa Park (also one in Escondido)
1439 El Prado - on the Plaza de Panama
San Diego, CA
92101
619-239-0003
www.mingei.org/splash.php
aquarium.ucsd.edu/

Escondido California Center for the Arts
340 N. Escondido Blvd
Escondido, CA
92025
760-839-4120
www.artcenter.org

In Northern California, two in San Jose, three in SF (including DeYoung) and two in Sacramento. See website for locations.

Thanks to Naomi for this post.

Free Trip Down Memory Lane .... Musically

Feel like recalling your Senior Year in High School? Well, that's what might happen to you when you click on the year you graduated from high school at the chronologically indexed music site tropicalglen.com.

Songs are indexed based on the year that they were a hit. You click on a year and the Top Ten songs are listed. You can click on a specific song and just hear that one or click on the first one and the rest play sequentially.

A truly wonderful free trip down memory lane. Plays in the background while you work on your computer.... but beware. You may find your fingers immobilized while you sit recalling your senior prom or your first kiss.

Enjoy.