Font haiku contest winners, Nov. 14 - 18

The contest has been running long enough for us to make certain observations:

1. You love fonts
2. You're pretty clever with words
3. We're really enjoying ourselves

This week's top font haikus were sent by @mandyannecurtis, @melissai, @jess4002, @peterdebay, and @FlopsockDesign. Thanks and congratulations to the winners, whose poems appear below in the fonts they describe. Tweet your font haiku with the hashtag #veerfonts before December 20, and you could win a T-shirt, $250 in Veer merch, or an iPad 2 (or possibly all of those things).

Grand Canyon by Red Rooster Collection, submitted by @peterdebay

Steinweiss Script by Alphabet Soup Type, submitted by @FlopsockDesign

Checker by ShinnType, submitted by @jess4002

Poem Script by Sudtipos Type, submitted by @melissai

Phaeton by Umbrella Type, submitted by @mandyannecurtis

First, five syllables
Then seven more, followed by
Five more - that's haiku!

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The chicken wire sculpture of Ivan Lovatt

Since it's Monday morning, I was looking for a photo of chicken wire. In my search, I stumbled upon the art of Ivan Lovatt. He sculpts portraits and wildlife out of chicken wire and the results are very impressive.

Now to wrangle all those loose chickens.

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Font haiku contest winners, Nov. 7 - 11

Another round of excellent haikus, another five outstanding winners. This week, we congratulate @Tayowin, @shaneguymon, @THEDavidMills, @BlackHouseCreat, and @davidmelton. See their haikus sampled in the fonts they describe below.

Tweet your font haiku with the hashtag #veerfonts, and your name could appear here next week. You could also win a monthly prize of $250 in Veer merch, or even the grand prize of an iPad 2.

Poem Script by Sudtipos Type, submitted by @THEDavidMills

Mandarin by Eisner+Flake Type, submitted by @Tayowin




Hiatus by Umbrella Type, submitted by @BlackHouseCreat

Pollen by TypeTogether Type, submitted by @davidmelton

Foral Pro by Fountain Type, submitted by @shaneguymon

The first snow flake falls
But your iPad keeps you warm
So does your Veer tee

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Font haiku contest winners, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

We love this week's font haiku contest winners (both poetically and typographically): @jefftopping, @SDWrites, @jonnail, @joesteenholdt, and @HeySeto. Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone for sending haikus. Keep tweeting fresh ones with the hashtag #veerfonts, and you could be a weekly winner, which could lead to being a monthly winner, or maybe even the grand prize winner. Then you can write haikus on your new iPad 2.

P22 Woodcut Set by P22 Type, submitted by @jefftopping

Novel Sans Pro by Cabinet Type, submitted by @HeySeto

Stephanie Marie by Jukebox Type, submitted by @jonnail

Orpheus Pro by CanadaType, submitted by @joesteenholdt

Swan Song by CanadaType, submitted by @SDWrites


Meter counts, it's true
When you write a good haiku
Hey, you can rhyme too

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Become a Creative Catalyst (1)


It's time to design for a good cause. Create a piece to support an issue of your choice and you could win a £/€2000 donation for the cause, have your design displayed in Berlin and London as well as a Computer Arts magazine double page spread, and get 2000 Veer Credits to spend on fonts and images.

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