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Benguiat quotation
Posted by speter in
1 Oct 2009 — 4:24pm
1 Oct 2009 — 4:24pm
In Matrix 8, "How Far the Abracadabra", Philip Gallo writes:
"I once heard that Ed Benguiat, when questioned what prompted ITC Benguiat, said, 'I was shooting for Times Roman'."
Is there any other source for this, or is it strictly apocryphal?
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1 Oct 2009 — 5:03pm
I thought I heard Ed repeat that at TypeCon NYC but I am not sure.
ChrisL
1 Oct 2009 — 6:35pm
I guess he missed!
1 Oct 2009 — 6:38pm
I've heard him say the following on a number of occasions: "Do you know you have to be dead to be on a postage stamp. I think they should put Jean Harlow on a postage stamp." I will not repeat why he thought that was a good idea!
2 Oct 2009 — 5:00am
But they're all self-adhesive now, James.
2 Oct 2009 — 7:15am
Speaking of hitting what you're not aiming for, Wernher von Braun was the architect of Hitler's V-2 rocket, but after the war he became high-profile NASA scientist. When he was lionized in the 1960 biographical film I Aim at the Stars, satirist Mort Sahl suggested the subtitle But Sometimes I Hit London.
2 Oct 2009 — 7:17am
As Tom Lehrer attributed to him, "Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department, says Wernher von Braun."
2 Oct 2009 — 8:20am
"But they’re all self-adhesive now"
LOL!!! :-) A scream, Kent!
ChrisL