Typefaces & Juliet


Do you want to see my bum Aubrey

What

Do you see my bum

Not really

I have a beautiful bum

It would make me very happy

If you looked at my bum

Well if it makes you happy Juliet

What do you think

What do you think about my bum

You have a pretty bum

No about the tattoo

What tattoo

The tattoo on my left cheek

What does it say

Juliet loves Aubrey

That is sweet of you but I am engaged to Jill

I know

What did you notice about my tattoo

That is was in a very pleasant typeface

It was the Doves Type

Really

Once it was the most beautiful typeface in England

It was said to be the crown jewel

Of the Arts and Crafts movement

Interesting

It was first used in the five volume Doves Bible

But in 1916 ended up in the Thames near Hammersmith Bridge

Why

Because a chap named T.J.Cobden-Sanderson threw them into the murky waters

After his partnership with Emery Walker collapsed

What caused the collapse

Fuck knows

Something like half a million pieces of type

Ended up in the mud

Is it still there

No well not all of it

Doug and Martin are diving as we speak

What condition are they in

Damp cold probably in need of a cup of coffee

Seriously

Not to bad considering that they have been underwater for a hundred years

Juliet

Yes

You can pull your bottoms up

Oh yes

The postman is coming down the path

He has seen it all before

Really

Yes

Oh that it good

I like to think that it brightens his day

Really

He lost his mum last year

How dreadful

She was run over by a milk float

Do milk floats still exist

It seems that they do

Do you think that I am a strange girl Aubrey

Not really

Does Jill show her bum to her friends

Not that I know of

Is she into typefaces

I have never asked her

You

I am now

You did not think that I was too forward

Not in a bit

Really

I must say I did not wake up this morning

Thinking that I would be discussing Art and Crafts typefaces whilst looking at your bare bum

You can touch it if you like

Or photograph it

What would Jill say

I think that she would understand

After all it is just a tattoo

Maybe

You look confused

I am

You are a unique person Juliet

Really

You are one of these rare people who spread happiness

If you make someone happy then it makes you happy

You are a rare creature

Do not change

Please do not change

I might smell after a few days

Ha Ha

I remember seeing a French movie some years ago about a girl like you

Her goal in life was to make people happy

What as the movie called

Amélie

Really

Yes it was a lovely movie

Is it still playing at the local cinemas

I doubt it as it was made in 2001

It is available on DVD I believe

Oh I will look out for it