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Tuesday 1 February 2011

Font Filled Flash Fiction

To celebrate 200 most deserved followers, Madeleine at Scribble and Edit is hosting a blogfest.

PART 1: Your challenge is to write a Flash Fiction of maximum 500 words that includes as many names of the various different fonts as you can include. You must make the language flow smoothly as your font characters and objects unfold.
There's a chance to win a moleskin notebook or an amazon book voucher.


Click on the image to view the story full size.

My piece is 195 words, with 30 font names shoehorned in.

Congratulations on your 200 followers Madeleine!
Posted by Dominic de Mattos at 21:18

10 comments:

  1. Lisa Ricard Claro1 February 2011 at 21:25

    Wow! So very clever, Dom! You never cease to amaze me.

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  2. Kay L. Davies1 February 2011 at 21:37

    Oh, very nicely done, Dom. I'm so glad you knew better than to use script caps. That always makes me grind my teeth.
    The font names aren't what they used to be in my day, but it's nice to see good old Bodoni in there.
    I'm going to see if I can come up with something, although it makes an old newspaper compositor cringe to see so many different typefaces on one page. My father's ashes must be rolling over in their undisclosed location.
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  3. Tony Benson1 February 2011 at 22:10

    Brilliant, Dom! Well written. Just think, that's one font name every 6.5 words, and a fun read.

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  4. Michael Di Gesu1 February 2011 at 23:04

    Very, Very, CLEVER, Dom.

    I great little dialogue and story. I hope I can do a fraction as well.


    Michael

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  5. Old Kitty1 February 2011 at 23:38

    Brilliant Font story entry!! I loved it!!! Yay!!!!! Wonderful!!! It's got great dialogue and a fabulously plotted story! Yay!

    I voted once already - good luck to everyone!! Take care
    x

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  6. Margo Benson2 February 2011 at 00:16

    Soooo clever Dom! Wondeful fun plot and dialogue.

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  7. Anonymous2 February 2011 at 09:12

    What a hoot to read, Dom, I am impressed, Great stuff. Really enjoyed it.
    Just to clarify Part1 is this blogfest with an amazon book voucher prize.
    Part 2 is to leave a comment on the form saying why you'd like to win a Moleskine Notebook. :O)

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  8. the writing pad19 February 2011 at 09:26

    Hi Dom,
    Loved the story and great ratio of font names to word count :-)
    Good stuff !
    All best
    Karla

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  9. Donea Lee20 February 2011 at 17:07

    Too fun! I loved that you also actually used the fonts in the story. On a side note, I love Kristen Bell! (been watching Veronica Mars dvds all weekend...) :) Best of luck to you!

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  10. Trisha27 February 2011 at 09:53

    This is a fun blogfest, I just don't have the energy to participate. But I really love the look of your story :D

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