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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Real Gemstone Earrings

What a gem of a Papyrus sighting! Real Gemstone Earrings! Like the Trading Company, your jaw will be "Earthbound" as it drops to the floor when you see this: Papyrus, surrounded with (images of) gemstones! Does it get any more regal than this? And there's a bit of a drop shadow to really make it "POP!"

Random note, I think they stretched the "G" out a little bit. It's hard to tell because of the angle of the picture. But I did a little Photoshop magic, and take a look for yourself at the photo below...


What do you think, is the "G" stretched, or did I just not get the thing lined up correctly? The truth is, I think that if someone was going to go to the effort to stretch out a letter, they would at least make it noticeably stretched. They probably wouldn't bother to stretch it just a tiny bit. So, I'll say it's just the camera angle playing optical tricks. I've thought about this way too much.



Overall Rating: A (for Amethyst)

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Wine List


This Papyrus sighting has a crisp clean finish. Notice the wide kerning in the header. The words "WINE LIST" seem to be trying to spread all the way across the page, for maximum Papyrus coverage. The wine colored letters evoke ripe fruit with vanilla undertones. And the smaller letters are delightfully harmonious, with a hint of sweetness. 
Overall Rating: B (for Buttery Nuances)

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Ritchies Fine Food & Wine Merchants



New Papyrus Sighting!! This one was sent in from Andrew Ostroff in Australia. He says "Some fodder for the papyrusmill.. Completely renegade & off brand for IGA in Australia."  What better way to say Fine Food & Wine, than with Papyrus? This looks like a nice normal use of the typeface, but I think there might be a small amount of beveling on the edges. Always a nice way to make the letters look more 3-Dimensional. Welcome to Something Special indeed... Thanks, Andrew!

Overall Rating: A (for Australia)






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