Missing link discovered, rationale still AWOL: just in time – justing time – jousting time. Also new to me: in fragranti (via WeirdLinks) instead of in flagrante, popular in Japan (just about work-safe) and presumably used elsewhere to refer to gentlemen apprehended in florists.
With mass amateurisation a reality, it’s strange to see that anti-corruption body Transparency Maroc is promoting blogging to educate the young on the subject rather than suggesting they blog corrupt officials from the local net bar. (Via MarocBlog.)
I think Juanjo Seixas is promising to extract a usable font from this chocolate factory sign. I hope he also tells us more about the history of this kind of lettering in C20th Spain: did standards emerge at an early stage, or did people continue to do their own thing until quite recently?
If another 20 North African criminals were to suddenly appear on Escudellers at this moment, and if they were able to sing and dance, then they could put on my favourite pantomime.