I told you we could expect greatness. An opening worthy of Duchamp after a long booze out with James Murphy, we get a broken gold commode in an alley. A brassy dump-ster that's been snapped in half. Already I'm picking up hints of gutter humor, 21st-century luxury product irony, disco jokes, and perhaps a soupçon of Martin Parr.
Or, am I smelling a lemon? As they say, it ain't cooking if you don't put flame to the ingredients -- that's just shopping. How much work, really, did Naz put into his one big shot? Dude had 24 hours and all we got was a lousy toilet. You want a toilet? I can get you a toilet, believe me. There are ways, Dude. Hell, I can get you a toilet by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with gold enamel. These fucking amateurs...
But, no. My money says Naz thought of all of this, and is playing a true professional's gambit. A Roddick blaze of layers and pixel fonts would be too easy, too art school. This here is true Federer, the mark of a man who has played the game two million times in his sleep. Elegant, powerful, the simple Swiss touch.
Now it's up to Chris to see if he's got some Nadal-ish flair up his sleeve.
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Rosecrans Baldwin.
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Naz and Sam Peeling Back the Layers on last Friday's amazing photographic and musical live Layer Tennis Match. No Tennis this week by the way, we'll be back live on the 19th
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap! Big thanks to Sam, Naz, Mark, and all the fans. No voting this week, but be sure to sign up for Season Tickets and be the first to get match info and learn how to play in our qualifying matches. Layer Tennis is taking a week off, we'll see you back here on March 19th for our fourth exhibition match.
The coin-flip and Match Preview are up for today's live Photographic Exhibition Match. We're almost set to go. Tweet your comments and include #lyt and then follow the chatter on our Crowd Page. And if you don't have 'em already, sign up for Free Season Tickets for news, contests and maybe even a chance for you to take the court this season.
Mark Simonson shares his insider's view of Friday's typographic battle, including a nifty chart of all the glyphs created during the match.
Naz and Sam Peeling Back the Layers on last Friday's amazing photographic and musical live Layer Tennis Match. No Tennis this week by the way, we'll be back live on the 19th
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap! Big thanks to Sam, Naz, Mark, and all the fans. No voting this week, but be sure to sign up for Season Tickets and be the first to get match info and learn how to play in our qualifying matches. Layer Tennis is taking a week off, we'll see you back here on March 19th for our fourth exhibition match.
The coin-flip and Match Preview are up for today's live Photographic Exhibition Match. We're almost set to go. Tweet your comments and include #lyt and then follow the chatter on our Crowd Page. And if you don't have 'em already, sign up for Free Season Tickets for news, contests and maybe even a chance for you to take the court this season.
Mark Simonson shares his insider's view of Friday's typographic battle, including a nifty chart of all the glyphs created during the match.
Peter says "bye!", literally, and the match ends. Thanks to Peter, Mark, Grant, and all the fans. No voting this week, but be sure to sign up for Season Tickets and be the first to get match info and learn how to play in our qualifying matches.
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If you're not a type nerd, this glossary may help you follow today's match.
Wow! Stephen Coles, and other FontShop luminaries are running a pirate color commentary liveblog over at FontFeed.
Could this new typeface be a subtle descendant of Octopuss (1970), Chwast Buffalo (1981), and Keedy Sans (1990)?
If you're new to Layer Tennis, check out the season retrospective video from last year for a taste of what it's all about.
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Grant Hutchinson's Match Preview for this afternoon's live Typographical Exhibition Match has been posted and the coin-flip is up too. The event starts at 2pm Chicago time. Check the time in your area.
An awesome, behind-the scenes look at the meanings and methods that drove last Friday's Layer Tennis Match between Nicholas and Khoi. Or, how we started with arrows and ended with skulls.
Thanks for watching this week's match between Khoi Vinh and Nicholas Felton, and remember to sign up for your free LT Season Tickets and more information about playing in the qualifiers. We'll feature another Exhibition Match next Friday featuring two typographers. We'll have more information about the official start of the season soon.
Khoi Vinh wraps it up with more good advice and some candy-colored skulls. Thanks to Khoi, Nicholas, and John for a fantastic (and on-schedule!) match!
A Photoshop 20th Anniversary inspired coin-flip for today's live Exhibition has been posted, and John Nack's Match Preview too. Dig the ref? Here are all the previous coin-flips.
Announcing a new series of live Exhibition Matches starting tomorrow with Khoi Vinh versus Nicholas Felton. Make sure you're signed up for Free Season Tickets for all the latest news and follow @layertennis on Twitter. Include #lyt in your tweet and it'll show up on our Crowd Page. We're jacked to be back!
Thanks to Adobe and to all the artists, commentators and fans that made Friday afternoons so deliciously unproductive during the season. If you haven't checked it out yet, take a peek at our Season Retrospective video, it's like that thing they do on CBS at the end of the NCAA Tournament, except with better music.
Shaun Inman is the LYT Season 2 Champ!
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You know how at the end of the NCAA basketball tourney CBS airs a retrospective montage? Yeah, it's sorta like that, only with better music.
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The coin-flip for today's live Championship Match is up and so is the Match Preview from John Gruber and Jason Santa Maria.
The votes were counted and recounted. Every hanging chad was examined. In both Semi-Finals the winner prevailed by a very slight margin. The Finals are now set for Friday, July 10 at 2pm Chicago time. Lots more about the match and our expanded coverage soon.
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap for our second semi-final match.
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