Tags, Type and baking

 If only I could have alliterated the baking in the title!

Tag-wise I have written more tags for Barry's spoons and ladles and spreaders.  Always lovely to see the combination as they head off to the shop. And of course - threads en masse always make me smile.

In the auction hype of a few weeks ago, we decided to go all out and picked up a couple of more random packets of type as well.

First up what looks like a full set of something - not sure yet what it is, but I think it will be a handy typeface to have around.

There was also this part-pack of something large and fancy! I have never heard of 76pt so will check it against some of our 72pt.

I imagine this could become a game or a puzzle trying to make as many words as you can using the limited letters in your pack - like type scrabble or something.

And then this.

A box that doesn't reflect its contents; and yet there is a hint in blue pencil: 6pt OE.

The box is a shambles; as some random small pointed typefaces are when they arrive.  I look at this lot and think - now that's for a rainy day.

The pencil marks did not lead us astray - it is tiny tiny wee. 6pt.

And even more amazing is that I think the OE stands for Old English as it look very black letter-gothic-Old Englishy to me (when I squint and look really really closely. I have never seen one of those types in such a small point size.  Reading it at 6pt will be a challenge! The one above is, I think, an X or a Z; the one below is an S I think.

Apologies for the close ups of printers hands and nails!

They were cleaner when I did this - began my Christmas baking.  Shortbread is a family tradition and I use my wee Scottish great grandmother's recipe. We make it in rounds and one must never cut it.  It can only ever be broken into pieces.

And I have no idea why. 

About now (aged 55) I wish I could sit with Little Gran, Gran and Mum and ask about these things; but it's now just down to me to keep the tradition happening...altho my niece is a bit keen to continue I think which is grand.

Still a few more to make and wrap and share around.