After careful consideration, Brill has taken the initiative of designing a typeface. Named “the Brill”, the new typeface presents complete coverage of the Latin script with the full range of diacritics and linguistics (IPA) characters used to display any language from any period correctly, and Greek and Cyrillic are also covered. There are over 5,100 characters in total, some of which are combining characters, and by using these, myriads of other characters with diacritics can be generated. This indispensable tool for scholars is now freely available for non-commercial use. You can download the font package on brill.nl/brill-typeface after agreeing to the EndUser License Agreement. “The Brill” is available now in roman and italic styles, and bold and bold italic will be released at a later stage. The typeface contains all necessary punctuation marks and a wide assortment of symbols. It will be especially welcomed by humanities scholars quoting from texts in any language, ancient or modern.

“”The Brill” complies with all international and web standards, the most important of which is the Unicode Standard.”

John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks, well-known for his multilingual fonts, is “the Brill”‘s designer.

You can download the font on our website brill.nl/brill-typeface

 

This has been an emotional weekend for everyone here in the Valley. Former PSU player, current Oakland Raider, and Schreyer Scholar Stefen Wisniewski spoke eloquently at the vigil last night about the humanity of Coach Paterno, that he was, like all of us, a human who did things requiring forgiveness and redemption, but he was also a man who provided incredibly positive influence in the lives of thousands.

 

Via Flickr:I actually worried for a moment about the white dots…then I realized they are stars! The 50mm prime lens lets in a LOT more light than I am used. to.

 

The hotel had an open pool table. After playing a game it occurred to me there might be one more good shot to make.

 

In NYC. I had the privilege today to visit with a PSU Scholar alumna at the USOC office. Lisa Baird is chief marketing officer of the USOC and is a brilliant woman. I will be sharing in class some of her thoughts as to how PSU needs to be representing our students and university.

 

Come to think of it “Faculty Toilet” would be a great name for a blog, don’t you think?

 

By Allan Weitz

Published Mon, 2012-01-02 12:30

Even though the leaves are down and your frost-laden lawn makes crunchy sounds when you cross it in the morning, that doesn’t mean it’s time to pack your cameras away until March or April; if you do, you’re going to miss some fine picture-taking opportunities.

Appropriate layers of warm clothing and insulated boots aside, capturing strong stills and video during the colder months of the year requires a bit of foresight, a few recommended weather-related accessories, a measure of common sense and the desire to take great pictures despite the cold. According to a buddy of mine who enjoys driving around in snowstorms with the roof of his car down, this is a clear sign of mens sana in corpore sano.*

via Cold-Weather Photography | BH inDepth.

 

So from our family to yours, we wish you a happy and blessed New Year!

 

“Glory to God in the highest”

I pray for that you all had a blessed Christmas and wish you all the best as we end this year. If you are like me, you have a number of activities on your list for this next week: articles to read and write, work on the house, and of course spending time with family. I am preaching to myself when I say, try to also take time to relax, reflect, and prepare for the time ahead, whatever that “time” may be.

 

All I saw was this sign on 7th and Broadway.