Ever heard of "Spineless Classics?" They are awesome! I saw one with The Hubster while we were on our honeymoon to Wales and England. If you check out the website, http://www.spinelessclassics.com, you'll see that Spineless Classics are poster-sized printings of the full text of a classic novel, usually with areas of white space forming a design that has to do with the story. For example, the first one I saw was Romeo and Juliet. The title was centered in a white heart pierced by a sword, surrounded by the entire text of the play in about 4-point font. I really want to have one of these someday in my house - perhaps Pride and Prejudice?
They are a bit expensive though. So in the meantime while I wait to save up some money and acquire the wall space for one, I decided to try making one of my own. I created two pieces in Inkscape - one a short story from the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh fables, the other "The Black Cat" by Poe. "The Black Cat" is postcard size while the other is 8.5 by 11 inches. Unfortunately, I had to make my font around 3.5 to fit the words, so it is a bit harder to read. But, they are pretty cool and I plan to make more word art in the future - it's fun and not terribly difficult with Inkscape using the "Text > Flow into Frame" tool.
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