When I opened the mailbox yesterday, I was excited to see an airmail envelope. Could this be a letter from one of my typospherian correspondents in Mexico, Germany, or many other countries?
But no—on closer look, it was retro-styled mail from a nonprofit organization.
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I almost tossed it in the recycling, but decided to rip open the envelope and found a fundraising letter from FINCA, which promotes microloans and other economic solutions in developing countries. The letter was adorned with an image of a Polaroid, with a "typewritten" message on it ...
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... But wait! That's my Remington Noiseless font!
It is a very odd experience to be one of thousands of recipients of a mass mailing, and then to discover my own creation within the mail, based on the typing of my first and dearest typewriter.
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Remington Noiseless is a popular font, and I've run across it in unexpected places before, as I did on a recent trip to Oakland.
If you'd like to have it, please help yourself.
As for microloans, they have mixed success.
But no—on closer look, it was retro-styled mail from a nonprofit organization.
I almost tossed it in the recycling, but decided to rip open the envelope and found a fundraising letter from FINCA, which promotes microloans and other economic solutions in developing countries. The letter was adorned with an image of a Polaroid, with a "typewritten" message on it ...
... But wait! That's my Remington Noiseless font!
It is a very odd experience to be one of thousands of recipients of a mass mailing, and then to discover my own creation within the mail, based on the typing of my first and dearest typewriter.
Remington Noiseless is a popular font, and I've run across it in unexpected places before, as I did on a recent trip to Oakland.
If you'd like to have it, please help yourself.
As for microloans, they have mixed success.