WONK5, after an arduous journey from the contributors’ pens to the eager hands of WONK editors, is now only one step away from its new home. Some of the WONK5 progeny now sit in the Wetaskiwin library and others are being prepared (with a bonus addition) for mailing to subscribers and contributors. The only remaining step [...]
For the copy in WONK5, we went with an old (amazing) standby, Gentium Book Basic which I still can't recommend enough for it's simple, readable elegance. WONK5 headlines, including the colourful title, are done in Heldustry -- a slightly squarer Helvetica with a 70s flourish. I liked it because it's bold (especially in all caps), very direct and serious but, for me, always seems on the verge of coming off the rails.
It's official, wonk-web is going to be featuring an interview with the talented Edmontonian poet, Marita Dachsel. In addition to the interview, wonkers can look forward to some provocative excerpts from her poetry as well as select previews from Wonk5.
We at wonkWeb thought that we'd be remiss if we were to let another moment pass without an update on our twitter poem project. For the record, the project started out brilliantly. We received two very well crafted lines of the poem from, first, @EcDevGuyRick and then from @linoleumbob.
despite what may seem an elaborate literary scheme, we have not embezzled your dollars and gone on a fancy summer vacation. (disclaimer- we did go to bashaw.) we have simply been enjoying our summer and sadly it has been at the expense of your reading pleasure. (we are secretly hoping that you take a summer [...]
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