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Thanks Walker, debt paid in full.

Illustration Matt Walker

I came across this when reading Erik Spiekermann’s brilliant book ‘Stop stealing sheep & find out how type works‘ where it was used to illustrate how much type can accomplish and how versatile it can be. Franklin’s words struck a chord with me in these difficult financial times, reminding me that design is my passion and in my seemingly endless and ever so slightly depressing full-time job search (too many graduates not enough jobs) I’ve been neglecting my creative side. Which I’ve found is all too easy when you become isolated from the creative community  you were once surrounded by in full-time design education.

“If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality, since, as he elsewhere tells us, lost time is never found again, and what we call time-enough, always proves little enough: let us then be up and be doing, and doing to the purpose; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity.”

These words have inspired me into action with not one but three typefaces based on time which I’m currently developing (among other things) while looking for that elusive first full-time studio job.

Here’s the full extract from Benjamin Franklin’s “The way to wealth” 1733

Luckily more ink came today, anyone wishing to use my printing services for the final show (I’m looking at you Sam, Vicky, Dan, Trudel, Josh, Rory, Walker & anyone else I’ve forgotten) can now rest ’slightly’ easier. I have a massive stockpile (about 5-6 of each of the 8 cartridges.) Just a little reminder on prices, cause ink ain’t cheap my friend.

£1.00 – A3 black & white

£1.50 – A3 colour

£2.00 – A3 full colour borderless

£2.50 – A3+ full colour borderless

I can also supply a limited amount of incredibly good quality A3+ 120gsm matt super resolution for 25p a sheet.

Please save all pages into a single pdf and remember to add crop marks if using my A3+ paper stock otherwise you’ll have a hard time cutting an A3 page out of A3+. It goes without saying that the sooner you give me pdf’s to print the better ‘I have a deadline too’ I will be printing all the way up to wed night if need be but the day of the final deadline is probably too late (unless you’ve got a bloody good excuse!). I will accept payment in alcohol after the deadline.