Very Literal Triptych Art
February 21, 2011
I’m a fan of a good triptych. I’m just not big on the designated triptych frame. And YET, I have one! (Go figure.) Yesterday I was ruminating over its existence, thinking about any photos I have or could take that might work well grouped together, and then it hit me. No, not photos. A dictionary entry!! I just clipped and pasted the triptych listing from my Mac’s dictionary into Pages, increased the font size and then printed the three sections out onto card stock. It’s cheeky, wordy and educational: three things I love!!
Love it. My only gripe, really, is a typographical one—where there is a bullet (•) in the word, there should really be an interpunct (·). It’s a pretty minor thing, yet it really bothers me for a reason I can’t articulate. But pedantry aside, I really like this.
Hey Patrick. I’m glad you like it! As for your ‘gripe’, I’d take it up with Apple!
I just copied and pasted from the dictionary function and the result is what I used. Now that I look at it though, I’m gonna adjust the size to a more appropriate one. Thanks for catching it!
Oh wow, you changed it! Never expected that. I definitely think this looks better this way, but I can be kind of typographically nerdy sometimes.
I’m nerdy about words, so I felt your pain!
I think it looks better now too.
Looks nice.
Thanks Ryan.