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Good Film, Shame About the Helvetica
By PETER EDIDIN

"Good Night, and Good Luck," the movie about Edward R. Murrow's battle to expose the demagoguery of Joseph R. McCarthy, has received both critical and popular acclaim. But the movie has its fervent detractors - and they aren't people nostalgic for the days of backyard fallout shelters. They are typographers and graphic designers. Their charge: typographical inaccuracy.

It appears that the CBS News sign, prominently displayed in the film's carefully reconstructed New York newsroom, uses the typeface Helvetica. But Helvetica was not designed until 1957, the year McCarthy died. The movie takes place in the early 1950's.

And here I thought I was picky about a pierced ear and sheep shearing...

Wiscon

OK, bought a Wiscon membership. Picked up a hotel reservation in the Governor's Club at WFC. Also bought a dessert ticket.

Anybody want a loaf of day-old French Meadow bread? The last two guests snuck out without taking a loaf a each. (The blighters.)

dishwash

I think the last load (except for a platter or two) is in the dishwasher. I've not been very energetic today. I'm blaming it all on being on my feet too long and sampling every bottle of wine that was brought in yesterday. I slept late, and then SciFi was running SG1 all day. I mean, how could I get anything done? ;-)