Life is Short

Peter Rukavina

“Life is short,” wrote a friend in an email last week.

Typographic gears started to turn in my mind.

Which begat this.

Yellow ink with a splotch of red added in, creating an interesting shimmering effect. It’s off-putting to look at, which is the point.

Life Is Short, printed all caps in a reddish yellow on a white index card.

Many Life is Short cards sitting out to try on a wooden table.

Musing
Letterpress
Golding Jobber

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Submitted by Pedro on

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Very nice :)
Now you need something along the "make it count" to tag along.

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