On Tuesday I had the honor of accepting a Webby for Veer at their swanky awards gala in NYC. Veer won the Best Use of Typography Webby for our Type City feature.
If I had been allowed more than five words, I might have said something like, “This one belongs to Veer’s unbelievably talented creative team, in particular designers Justin LaFontaine and Christina Huber, Flash guy Dan Parry, and copywriter Mark Hamilton. Shout-out!”
Rambling further, I might have said, “And of course creative director Sheldon Popiel, and resident type guru and specimen-tweaker Grant Hutchinson, and editor Lori Burwash, and anyone else from Veer I might have missed, this is for you!”
Then, as applause began I would hastily add, “And I can’t forget to thank all the amazing type designers whose fonts make us look so good - Alejandro Paul, Rian Hughes, Jason Walcott, and so many others. You guys rock!”
But I couldn’t say all that.
Instead, my five-word speech was:
“Thanks, in 72-point Helvetica.”
(Read the rest of the speeches here.)
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Your five words—while nothing to the above noted "would've been" speech—are 5 words well chosen.
good job veer. good idea.
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Congrats guys! I am happy because Burgues Script is there being used so good and looking at the list of winners I found that Annie Lennox website is using the font too!!!
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It’s all about Burgues, baby.
… there’s another five word speech.
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that would have been a very thoughtful speech
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Congratulations! Well deserved!
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