best opening lines graphic
Yeah, I’ve got some deadlines to meet. But you know what? Sometimes taking a break to play in Photoshop is just what I need to get on track.
Ever since Stephen Abram mentioned the 100 best opening lines from novels list from the American Book Review I wanted to put them into some sort of image. Mostly because I enjoy looking at vast canvases of Helvetica.
Today was the day. It looks only okay shrunken down here, but laser printed at its full tabloid size of 11″x17″ [15.21 MB - wow] it looks pretty nice. If you want to print it but aren’t crazy about the background color, I’ve uploaded a Photoshop file for you: firstlines.psd [7.27MB].
If you print of it, I’d love to see a photo of it hanging up.
27 Mar 08 :: 8:05:20 pm
Whoa. 10 different kinds of awesome, right there. At least.
29 Mar 08 :: 10:32:17 pm
Wow - looks very cool :-) …
31 Mar 08 :: 5:57:56 am
[…] when I ran across this list of 100 best first lines of novels this morning, here in text form and here in graphic form (provided by one of my favorite librarian bloggers). We all know that 100 best lists are always […]
1 Apr 08 :: 9:47:24 am
I’m trying to think who I know that has a printer that can handle this so I can sweet-talk them into making me a poster!
30 Apr 08 :: 5:55:14 am
[…] from Bill, also from Stephen’s Lighthouse, is a link to a Best Opening Lines poster, which shows the 100 Best First Lines from Novels in a handy-dandy, ready to print 11 x 17 […]