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I first applied for an affordable housing voucher in 1993. I finally got a call back in 2004 to tell me my son who just graduated high school couldn’t be on my lease. Today in 2022 I finally got a letter telling me I made it to the top of the waiting list. I have no words.

Honored to have the New Day newspaper project accepted into the New Impressions 2022 International exhibition @hamiltonwoodtyp!

Happy #ValentinesDay! 💌A member of the 397th Infantry Division Regiment during WWII, Sgt. Theodore Ryley illustrated a loving V-Mail message for his sweetheart, Lee Leahy. Ryley would later receive a Silver Star for his bravery during the Battle of Rimling in January 1945.

Footage of the Kannapolis, North Carolina community (circa 1941). Originally silent, this footage is a continuation of the film series highlighting the H. Lee Waters collection held at Duke University.

Switching out the negative for the positive…

Perfectly aligned pencils.

Played with Alpha-Blox today - designed by American Type Founders as a modular type system. Second image shows the original type specimen. This is 12pt. and 36pt (image reversed)

I hereby grant you permission to say fuck it to the rest of the work day and go make art for pleasure.

A Chicago magazine called the Little Review started publishing chapters of Ulysses in March 1918. It was charged w/ obscenity for it. #Ulysses100 Get the full story from @LieslMOlson on our blog: newberry.org/little-chicago…

The first installment of A Thing of Beauty, a letterpress-printed serial short story originally published in 1919, ships today! You can still subscribe on Patreon. patreon.com/posts/61903797

Mail from @fontlove just made my day

Things feel bleak again, so why not send each other some mail? Sign up for our (free!) postcard exchange. I’ll send you 5 addresses, you send the postcards. Others will send postcards to you. And we all can reach out in dark times. fontlovestudio.com/pandemic-times

W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction, 1st ed. 1935 bit.ly/3jkDSh0

Springboard’s Personal Emergency Relief Fund is now open for new applications! The fund offers artists and creative workers of all disciplines in Minnesota support of $500 in an emergency. Find more information about the fund and apply at springboardforthearts.org/additional-res…

Joan Moliner is working to archive & restore Barcelona’s many patterned floor tiles. instagram.com/rajolesdebarce…

I’m gonna have so much cool art for you! Come visit me next week? nemaa.org/fall-open-stud…

And finally, you can order your own copy of the book here: fontlovestudio.com/shop/the-new-d…

I’d also love it if you would submit your 10-word story to be included in a live printing of the newspaper. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us at @mnbookarts next Saturday, September 25th for the official launch of The New Day book! More details here: mnbookarts.org/reopening/

What is your 10-word story this week? What is happening in your home, your neighborhood, your virtual community? Share it for publication in next week’s letterpress-printed newspaper. fontlovestudio.com/pandemic-times