Function 2

Function (Podcast)
Episode:	2
Title:	Don't drink ink
Release Date:	July 16, 2017
Hosts:	Tom Anderson Mica Thomas
Guests:	No guests this episode
Additional Information
Official page:	http://functionpodcast.com/function_002/
Audio File:	http://functionpodcast.com/shows/Function_002.mp3
Length:	7171 min <br />1.183 h <br /> minutes
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Description

Mica and Tom covered software for lettering and layout, marking wood, tranfering lettering from printers, paper, pencils, engineering pads, PostScript, PDF, JavaScript tables, and paper sizes.

Links & Show Notes

Software

• Paper by 53
• PostScript Language Reference (3rd Edition)
• PDF Reference Version 1.6 (5th Edition)
• Pi in Postscript
• TypeTool Version 3.1
• DataTables Javascript Library

Drawing straight lines, holding down paper

• Logic Template
• Drafting Tape
• Drafting Dots
• Stiff Scraper

Things to write on

• Apple iPad Pro
• Bienfang Designer Grid Paper, 50 sheets
• Clearprint 1000H Design Vellum Pad, 16lb 100% Cotton
• Hahnemuhle watercolor paper
• Crescent Cardboard Co RENDR No Show Thru Lay Flat Sketch Book, 8.5-Inch by 11-Inch
• Crescent Cardboard 12-00018 32-Sheet Rendr No Show Thru Drawing Pad, 11 by 14-Inch
• Stillman & Birn Premium Sketchbooks Mixed Media
• International paper sizes

Things to write with

• Apple Pencil
• Pentel 0.3mm P203 mechanical pencil
• Kaweco Fountain Pen Nibs
• LYRA Waldorf Selection Unlacquered Triangular Giant Colored Pencils
• Tombow Irojiten Colored Pencils, Primary
• Leroy Lettering sets on eBay

From the discussion about transfer

• Chartpak
• Chartpak Dry Transfer Letters and Numbers
• Parchment paper rolls
• Acetone
• Outus 30 Sheets Carbon Transfer Paper Tracing Paper for Wood, Paper, Canvas
• Grit wheel patent

Places and companies mentioned

• Riley Street
• Alembic
• Keysight Technologies

People

• Chaucer Doth Tweet - can trick you into learning Middle English
• Example of a modern song translated to Middle English
• Medieval Manuscripts has pictures from manuscripts