silk for calde bumpersticker

Paul B · 06 Nov 2008, 17:58 · from 2008-November.txt.gz

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From: pb.stuff at gmail.com (Paul B)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:58:10 -0500
Subject: (urth) silk for calde bumpersticker
In-Reply-To: <s912da4d.065 at azrael.olivet.edu>
References: <s912da4d.065 at azrael.olivet.edu>
Message-ID: <3e1fa2e90811060958m21b29c7dmc33f0e946a4075b3 at mail.gmail.com>

Yes, white-on-black is about as close as I was able to get to a "chalked"
feeling, assuming chalk is white.  It's possible to get it a bit better by
blurring the letter edges a bit, or swapping the black background for
something close to shiprock, but if you're going to print it on a regular
printer and view it from 10+ feet away, there's really little point.

Paul

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Stephen Case <scase at olivet.edu> wrote:

> Regarding the "Silk for Calde" bumpersticker:  this is great!  I will
> immediately print it off and attach to the back of my Metropolitan . . .
> that is, unless anyone has a version that looks a bit more "spray-painted"
> (or, I should say, "chalked").
>
> Regarding the posts on politics, the first thing that struck me when I read
> Marc's post was also the exchange between Severian and Malrubius on the
> forms of government.  To me (who doesn't know much about Gene's political
> leanings) this seems to me more of a summation of a Christian (or at least
> Catholic) view of the ideal government (realized, of course, in the Church).
>  I think Gene might say something about Christians remembering that
> democracy isn't actually the most "Christian" form of government.  Like
> Malrubius gets Severian to realize, it's monarchy.  Of course, to a
> Christian the perfect monarch would be Christ.
>
> A simple interpretation, to be sure, but that's how this passage has always
> struck me: a very Chestertonian explanation of a Christian view of politics.
>
> -Steve
>
>
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