Nooo David, they can't break up swordfishtrombones. Can't they, I dunno, slant it or something? Probably not, huh. I guess of those options I'd go for the last, but man, it should really be one word.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - May 03, 2007 7:32:49 am PDT #5376 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Polter-Cow - May 03, 2007 7:35:56 am PDT #5377 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Can't they, I dunno, slant it or something?
This is what I was thinking.
DavidS - May 03, 2007 7:36:10 am PDT #5378 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but man, it should really be one word.
It really should. They seem intrigued by the
sword
fishtrombones option.
Daisy Jane - May 03, 2007 7:38:53 am PDT #5379 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I like #3. Breaking it up is unfortunate, but I like that the way it's broken up in #3 doesn't actually make actual words. If you do find it too visually irritating, I also like
Swordfishtrom
bones.
Sort of on this topic, cousin K wants to know if Matilda was named after the Tom Waits song. She would also like me to tell you that "I can't tell you how many times I've listened to "I wish I was in New Orleans" while bawling over the 15 years I was gone. Of course now it makes me cry happy tears that I'm back!"
DavidS - May 03, 2007 7:38:57 am PDT #5380 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Can't they, I dunno, slant it or something?
I'm afraid that would violate the series design worse than a smaller font.
Tom Scola - May 03, 2007 7:40:23 am PDT #5381 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
How about "SWORDFISHTROM..."
Fred Pete - May 03, 2007 7:41:12 am PDT #5382 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I really dislike #1. It makes the title look like Sword Fish Tromb Ones. And my immediate reaction is, "Is 'tromb' a real word?"
Liese's suggestion of a diagonal, if feasible (I don't know the publishing/printing world), could create a very intriguing and eye-catching cover. (ETA: Oops. Xpost there.)
DavidS - May 03, 2007 7:41:32 am PDT #5383 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sort of on this topic, cousin K wants to know if Matilda was named after the Tom Waits song.
Matilda's name comes from: Roald Dahl, Tom Waits, all the other Matilda songs, mutual family agreement.
Incidentally, there really was a Mathilde that Tom had an affair with in Copenhagen. She was a Danish folk singer.
She would also like me to tell you that "I can't tell you how many times I've listened to "I wish I was in New Orleans" while bawling over the 15 years I was gone. Of course now it makes me cry happy tears that I'm back!"
That song is especially sad because its full title is "I Wish I Was in New Orleans (in the 9th Ward)."
sumi - May 03, 2007 7:44:15 am PDT #5384 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I think that they need to break Trombones at the actual syllable break rather than tromb ones.
hippocampus - May 03, 2007 7:48:49 am PDT #5385 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Can't they, I dunno, slant it or something?My first thought too.
Typographically, it could still carry a sense of joining together disparate things, if they broke each line at equal length... and kerned it boxy:
swor
dfish
tromb
ones
since the title is up top right also, you can afford to play.