I’m writing this delayed edition of week notes from Bangalore, where I am visiting to teach a couple of workshops.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
1.
I shipped the last order of the India Street Lettering zines placed from my shop. They are now officially sold out, save for the copies at The Bookshop Inc. in Delhi, and the ones that will soon become available at Champaca Bookstore in Bangalore. In more troubling news, I seem to have misplaced the set of three zines I had saved for myself. They should be somewhere in the house, but Amber and I just can’t find them. As a result, we spent a very stressful Saturday morning.
2.
All tickets for Pixel/Play are sold out. It has been a ride preparing for the workshop over a week in advance and carrying most of the material and books with me to Bangalore. I love being between cities, but the logistics are such a nightmare.
3.
I had the kick-off meeting for a new lettering commission, and the fourth development update meeting for a different typeface development project. On Monday, I found out that the third project I had pitched for last month has also come through after several rounds of scope changes and budget negotiations. It is going to be a busy summer.
4.
I arrived in Bangalore on Tuesday, and my luggage didn’t immediately arrive on the baggage claim carousel. The suitcase had an AirTag in it, which showed that it was very close to the carousel, even though we couldn’t see it. It took almost an hour to get the airport officials to turn the belt on again, and as it turned out, the bag was somewhere on the belt, invisible both at baggage claim and downstairs where the bags are loaded. Someone had switched the belt off before the last bag even made its way upstairs. I was so thankful for the AirTag without which I am not sure how we would have found the bag so quickly.
