Calligram II

Karl Petit. Le Dictionnaire des Citations du Monde Entier. (1960). Entertaining displays of typographic fantasy adorn the alphabetically arranged sections of the book. The "G" page offers three words

The link between gastronomy and glutton seems evident (it's an inverse relationship). The typography seems to create a great ladle when the scoop of the "gondola" registers upon the imagination that is stretching to try and hold the words in one semantic field. I dream of boatfuls of ice cream.

And so for day 1012
20.09.2009