Wednesday, September 19, 2012

:-)

"When an interviewer asked Nabokov how he ranked himself among great writers, [...] the writer replied, ''I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile -- some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket, which I would now like to trace in reply to your question.''



TYPOGRAPHIC MILESTONES; Happy Birthday :-) to You: A Smiley Face Turns 20
By Katie Hafner
New York Times September 19, 2002

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I actually thought youd have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could fix if you werent too busy looking for attention.