Montreal City Weblog

Kate 23:33 on 2020-12-17 Permalink Reply  

• Nathaniel Herz 10:22 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  I’d add “Blue Monday,” October 19, 1981, when The Expos lost their only playoff series to LA. See https://nationalpost.com/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-monday-still-haunts-montreal-expos-fans-35-years-later-dont-even-mention-rick-mondays-name

• Kate 11:10 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Thanks. I’ve added that and it made me think of another Montreal “sports” incident, which I’ve also added in November. I’ve made a couple of minor corrections that were needed and replaced the file, which can now be downloaded at the same link.

• mare 11:16 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  From the included quotes you would think we’re a bunch of curmudgeons and nothing is right in Montreal.

  Also, but maybe just to me, the typeface you use looks very similar to a German Fraktur. Intentionally?

• Kate 11:43 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  It’s a bit more decorative than most fraktur, but no, it’s not a deliberate reference to anything Germanic. If you think it could be read this way, maybe I should substitute a different display font. (Update: I’ve redone the cover and changed the fraktur to a different font.)

• MarcG 12:12 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Yeah the Germanic font might be badly timed given the white supremacist resurgence going on (although it is Christmassy). The quote at the bottom of the November page is obscured by grey numbers from the following month.

• Kevin 12:13 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  I love it. Ian’s clown quote is my favourite and has become a workplace mantra.

  There’s a typo in one of Blork’s comments (unless he be adopting a Scottish accent).

  There’s a part of me that would NO mind seeing this city and others go back to being just cities instead of being tourist playgrounds full of gimmicks. – Blork

• Jack 12:22 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Great work ! The pictures are so cool.

• Mark Côté 13:40 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  I made the calendar! One more off the ol’ bucket list.

• Ant6n 13:55 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  “ From the included quotes you would think we’re a bunch of curmudgeons and nothing is right in Montreal.”

  Maybe we should think about being more thoughtful…

• Tim S. 14:00 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Very nice! I often print some out to send to various emigrant friends and relatives, but this year I’ll pass on the various lineups involved, sadly.
  I thought the quotes were generally optimistic takes on gloomy subjects. In any case, the awesome pictures make up for any misleading impressions of our city.

• nino.jr 14:41 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Hello, I loved your calendar.
  I just have a small suggestion to make, the “weblog” part of the title (montreal city weblog 2021) could be a little bit more legible. It took me a while to figure out the word in the thumbnail, which can sometimes happen when using “expressive” fonts.

  If you wish to do so, here are some small things that could improve the legibility :
  a) add some kind of outline around the fonts to make them stand out from the background a little bit
  or
  b) if you are using a shadow below the fonts, perhaps you could change the color of the shadow, that also would make it stand against the background.

  or
  (if the intention is for the letters to merge with the picture, instead of standing out too much)
  c) move each phrase a little bit, so that their “placement on the steps” is consistent (notice that “2021” seems to be sitting just on top of the step, but “weblog” seems to be in-front of the step)

• Matthew H 15:05 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Haha, I’m thrilled to have made the calendar! Thank you for correcting my spelling of “hygienic”, which I just realized I’ve been spelling wrong for my entire adult life.

• Kate 15:23 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Kevin, MarcG: thank you for the corrections.

  nino.jr, mare: thank you for thoughts on legibility and fonts.

• GC 19:23 on 2020-12-18 Permalink

  Thanks, Kate. Looks good, as usual.