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The Skinny is Veer's very own blog. See what inspires us, from our own images and type, to way-out-there oddities and the best of the web.
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2:20
It's about time we had a way to transform a beloved YouTube video into a classy, silent, black-and-white comedy drama worthy of Academy notice, no? The Artistifier does just that. Create captions and direct your own. It's so satisfying when high culture meets meme.
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2:04
For the curious, the thorough, and the lovers of legality, here are the complete rules and regulations for the Merch Mondays contest on @VeerUpdate.
Veer® Merch Monday Twitter® Sweepstakes - Official Rules
THE FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA (EXCLUDING QUEBEC). DO NOT ENTER THIS SWEEPSTAKES
IF YOU ARE NOT A RESIDENT OF THESE TERRITORIES OR IF YOU ARE
OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY ANY LOCAL LAWS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
SAME.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE
PROHIBITED.
ENTRY IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE
OFFICIAL RULES.
1. Eligibility: To be eligible to win the Veer
Merch Monday Twitter Sweepstakes ("Sweepstakes"), you must 1) be a
legal resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec)
(the "Territories") as evidenced by your "location" on your public
Twitter profile, 2) follow Veer, a Corbis Corporation Brand, at
twitter.com/VeerUpdate, and 3) be above the age of majority in the
jurisdiction where you reside at the time of entry ("Entrant").
Employees and representatives of Sponsor, its parent, affiliates,
related companies, agents, subsidiaries, advertising and
promotional agencies, any prize provider, and any entity involved
in the development, production, implementation, administration or
fulfillment of the Sweepstakes, and their immediate family members
(defined as parents, children, siblings, spouse, or life partner)
and persons living in the same household, are not eligible to
participate or win. Sponsor reserves the right to verify
eligibility and to adjudicate on any dispute at any time.
Corporate Customers -If you are entering the Sweepstakes on behalf
of your employer, these rules are binding on you, individually,
and/or your company. If you are acting within the scope of your
employment, as an employee, contractor, or agent of another party,
you warrant that such party has full knowledge of your actions and
has consent thereto, including your potential receipt of a prize.
You further warrant that your actions do not violate your employers
or company's policies and procedures.
2. How To Enter: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER
OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. The Sweepstakes begins on March 5,
2012 at 12:01 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time ("PDT") and ends on May
30, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. PDT ("Sweepstakes Term"). To enter the
Sweepstakes, you must follow Veer at twitter.com/VeerUpdate and
answer the trivia question posted each Monday.
Answers must be in the form of a RT (re-tweet) of the original
question. One Entry per person, per week
3. How To Win: Each Entrant that Tweets an answer
to the trivia question each Monday, by midnight PDT, via Twitter to
the address provided above will be entered to win ("Entry"). Each
Tuesday during the Sweepstakes Term, a drawing will be held to
determine the winner from Monday's Tweets. Winner will be notified
via direct messege (DM) on their Twitter account on or around the
same day of the drawing to confirm eligibility. If the prize
notification is returned as undeliverable, the prize is forfeited
and Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, conduct an additional
random drawing from all remaining Entries to select another
potential winner.
FOR RESIDENTS OF CANADA ONLY: Before being
declared a winner, if the potential winner is a legal resident of
Canada, he or she must correctly answer a time- limited
mathematical skill-testing question, without assistance of any
kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, to be administered by
Sponsor at a mutually convenient time by telephone. If the
potential winner does not correctly answer the skill-testing
question, the potential winner forfeits the Prize and Sponsor may,
in its sole discretion, conduct another random drawing of all
remaining eligible Entries to select another potential winner.
4. Prize: One (1) winner each Tuesday during the
Sweepstakes Term will win merchandise from Veer (ARV $20.00).
Prizes will be delivered four (4) to six (6) weeks following
notification. All federal, state, provincial and local taxes, fees
and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the
winners. Sponsor will be responsible for any shipping charges
associated with the prizes. Prize may not be transferred or
assigned except by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to
substitute the Prize with another prize of equal or greater value,
or cash equivalent, in the event that the advertised prize (or any
component thereof) is not available. The Prize consists of only
those items specifically listed as part of the Prize. Expenses not
specifically stated above, together with the reporting and payment
of all applicable taxes, fees, duties, and/or surcharges, if any,
arising out of, or resulting from, acceptance or use of prizes, are
the sole responsibility of the winner. Except where prohibited by
law, the Prize winner may be required to sign and return a
Statement or an Affidavit of Eligibility, Waiver of Liability and
Publicity Release and provide any additional information that may
be required by Sponsor.
5. General Conditions: By entering the
Sweepstakes, Entrants agree to comply with and be bound by these
Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final in
all respects. Failure to comply with these Official Rules may
result in disqualification from the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves
the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it
finds to be: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry
process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or any Sponsor Web
site; (b) violating these Official Rules; (c) violating the terms
of service, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of
any Sponsor property or service; or (d) acting in an
unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy,
abuse, threaten or harass any other person. If, in Sponsors'
opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or
non- electronic tampering with any portion of the Sweepstakes, or
if technical difficulties compromise the integrity of the
Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the
Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the right to amend the terms and
conditions governing the Sweepstakes from time to time at its sole
discretion. For disputes concerning the identity of an Entrant, the
Entry will be considered made by the authorized account holder of
the Twitter account from which the Entry is sent, defined as the
natural person assigned to the Twitter account in the Twitter
profile. The potential winner may be required to provide Sponsor
with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the
Twitter account associated with the winning Entry.
6. Limitations of Liability: Sponsor assumes no
responsibility or liability for the following: (a) lost, late,
misdirected, illegible, or mutilated Entries or for any computer,
online, telephone or technical malfunctions that may occur; (b) any
incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website
users, any of the equipment or programming associated with or
utilized in the Sweepstakes, or any technical or human error which
may occur in the processing of submissions in the Sweepstakes; (c)
any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in
operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or
destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, Entries;
(d) any problems, failures or technical malfunction of any
telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers,
providers, computer equipment, software, email, players or
browsers, on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on
the Internet, at any website, or on account of any combination of
the foregoing; (e) any injury, loss, or damage to participants or
to any computer related to or resulting from participating in the
Sweepstakes or receipt of a Prize; or (f) any use or inability to
use the Prize awarded. If, for any reason, the Sweepstakes is not
capable of running as planned, including because of infection by
computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud,
technical failures, force majeur, or any other cause beyond the
control of Sponsor which may corrupt or affect the administration,
security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes,
Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel,
terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes and select winners
from among all eligible Entries received prior to the cancellation
(if any).
7. Privacy: By entering the Sweepstakes, you are
deemed to have accepted the provisions of Sponsor's privacy policy,
located at www.veer.com, which control this promotion. Furthermore,
you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal
information for the purposes of administering this Promotion in
accordance with such privacy policy. If you so consent, for
marketing purposes such as determining effective advertising media,
devising promotions and working with affiliated partners, Sponsor
may on occasion share certain information with our affiliated
merchants or companies. You have the right to request access to and
correction of your personal information held by Sponsor and to be
informed of Sponsor policies and practices in relation to personal
information and the kind of personal information held by Sponsor.
If you wish to access or correct your personal information held by
Sponsor, opt out of receiving further communications from Sponsor
or our affiliated merchants or companies, or have other questions
respecting our privacy policy, please contact us at Veer, a Corbis
brand, 710- 2nd Ave., Ste. #200, Seattle, WA 98104, United States
or via e-mail at: service @veer.com.
8. Governing Law: This Sweepstakes and Official Rules are governed and interpreted by the laws of New York, USA without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
9. Sponsor: Veer, a Corbis Corporation brand,
with its office at 710- 2nd Ave., Ste. #200, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
is the Sponsor of the Sweepstakes.
10. Disclaimer: The trademarks associated with
this Sweepstakes are registered or unregistered trademarks of their
owners, who are not affiliated nor have endorsed this
Sweepstakes.
© 2012 Veer, a Corbis Corporation brand. All Rights Reserved.
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2:38
The Communication Arts Typography Annual 2 honors, among other superb things, the best of the year in typeface design. We were excited to see some of our favorite type designers and foundries on the list, including Laura Worthington and Stephen Rapp, plus the Alphabet Soup Type Founders and Sudtipos Type. Some 1,723 entries were submitted for consideration, which makes grabbing the jurors' attention pretty extraordinary. Congratulations to all. Keep making typefaces.
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7:29
The grand prize-winning font haiku is sports-themed, which is
fitting, given the spirit of friendly competition that has infused
this contest. Congratulations to @orinjuse, whose haiku for Fan
Script came out on top - she wins a new iPad 2 for her poetic flair
and typographic passion.
This contest has been fun. We were pretty thrilled to receive so
many entries, and even more impressed by their quality and
originality. We knew fonts were inspiring, but it was nice to be
reminded that creativity leads to more creativity. Thanks,
everyone!
You first saw the Fan Script haiku here. This time, we've given it a grand prize
winner's treatment.
Fan Script combines the precision and force of sport with the beauty of hand-lettering. It was designed by Alejandro Paul for Sudtipos Type, made a haiku subject by @orinjuse, and sampled (twice) by Joe Newton.
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8:51
From the first syllable to the last, all the font haiku contest
entries have displayed a true affection for fonts (no surprise
there, but still). We've been impressed each week by the quality of
your wordsmithery and we're downright sad that the contest is now
closed. All that remains is for us to pore over your poetry and
name a monthly winner, not to mention a grand prize winner. Check
in next week to find out who walks away with glory and an iPad
2.
Meanwhile, enjoy this week's winning haikus, composed by @TweetFH,
@Moosle, @KatieObrecht, @shiminagmo, and @nicolejaclyn and sampled
in the fonts they describe.
Fiance by Sudtipos Type, submitted by @TweetFH