I love tumblr.com. I had an idea and I created a site for it really quickly. Picking the name for it was the hard part.
It all started with a photo I saw on flickr a while ago. I marked it as a favorite. Lately I came across a different photo of a bird nesting inside a letter and so to see if there is a pattern.
One swallow does not make a summer but two made me you google it. A quick search in flickr yielded many more than 30 photos and I choose the best ones.
So far I can tell that birds clearly prefer to build their nests inside capital R’s and capital A’s
UPDATE : if you see a photo that you think fits into Type Nesting please send the URL to dubster2k{at}yahoo.com
7 responses so far ↓
1 Mike Haeg // Apr 10, 2009 at 12:45
I can verify that our feathered friends do indeed like letter A’s. I built these a few years back.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zf-T2GijjO4/SR8rXUJHUGI/AAAAAAAAAEM/N-4VvPapPKY/s1600-h/112_1205.jpg
2 Os pássaros têm uma fonte preferida? « Papa loves my design // Apr 15, 2009 at 09:41
[...] O Type Nesting reúne fotos de ninhos de pássaros feitos em letreiros pela cidade. O autor do tumblr, Dubi Kaufmann, coleta imagens na internet e conclui uma predileção por A’s e R’s em caixa alta. Mais informaçõs aqui. [...]
3 *L // Apr 28, 2009 at 08:19
thank you for this!
4 susie // Apr 28, 2009 at 11:36
but how to submit new photos?
mike haeg, i like the “like birds? hate the government” signage you’ve got there. nice birdhouses!
5 Haunted San Diego // Apr 28, 2009 at 14:34
This is so cute! I really enjoyed the photos. I think the birds like the lowercase “e” quite a bit. Thanks for sharing!
6 Do birds have a favorite font? « The Good Life // Jun 23, 2009 at 00:30
[...] that birds clearly prefer to build their nests inside capital R’s & capital A’s.” -Dubi Kaufmann @ Type Nesting [...]
7 type nesting « word and image // Jan 10, 2010 at 14:09
[...] By Sigrid Dubi Kaufmann created a webiste on typenesting.tumblr.com showing images of birds nesting in letters. How sweet [...]
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