Revista Piaui Magazine

Cecilia, from piauí magazine again and I have an enquiry. Here's the thing: On our next issue we'll have a short piece by one of our great composers and dramatists, Chico Buarque de Holanda, where he tells, with delicious humor, about an old and out of print copy of a synonyms dictionary that he inherited from his father (a well respected academic). He loved and used the book so much that it finally started to disintegrate in his hands. He then decides to buy all the editions he could find of the said dictionary, just in case. Recently he learned that the book is being relaunched and he feels a bit betrayed, as if something very private was being scattered in the wind for all to see. After each important word he lists the it's synonyms - for fun and emphasis. I don't want to use a book to illustrate the piece, I am looking something very graphic, like an illustration made with type but not with words - our magazine is in Portuguese. Browsing your site I found a work (layout attached bellow) that is almost there. Almost... It then occurred to me that perhaps you have similar works not released on your site. Who knows... perhaps you have just THE illustration for that text. Do you think you have something that could fit (loosely) better than the one I found? Please let me know. Thank you very much, Cecilia I can do one, we could scan in some parts of old dictionary pages, something that would in a simple way represent dictionary.... I will grab one, but I don't have a Portuguese dictionary.... do the same funny thing with them. when do you need this? b just occurred to me that you may need words to make the tree. From the text: terrível: funesta, nefasta, macabra, atroz, abominável, dilacerante, miseranda - passatempo: desenfado, espairecimento, entretém, solaz, recreio, filistria - monopólio: açambarcamento, exclusividade, hegemonia, senhorio, império - traças: brocas, carunchos, gusanos, cupins, térmitas, cáries, lagartas-rosadas, gafanhotos, bichos-carpinteiros He also tells that he made a note of the best words and used it to impress and seduce. Do you know Correggio's Jupiter and Io? Your drawings of women are SO beautiful, if you like the idea, perhaps a cloud of words could envelop a woman... In this case use only: passatempo: desenfado, espairecimento, entretém, solaz, recreio, filistria monopólio: açambarcamento, exclusividade, hegemonia, senhorio, império I like that Idea...Okay a few more ideas for you to ponder. I was not familiar with Correggio's Jupiter and Io, I love this.... I may have skipped that art history class, but I am very intrigued with that direction. Here are a few more to wade through. Get back to me as quickly as you can. thanks . Bill unless you make up your mind, I will do several variations and you can pick the one you like the most. here's one...not finished but....© Bill Mayer 2010 think we are liking the white one with the Type Embracing the dark figure....but you choose. Big hugs, Bill...© Bill Mayer 2010 Hard to choose... I like that but I also like the "v" a lot. Since all are so good it will be safe to show all to the magazine's editor and let him pick one - and he will love that so much. I'll let you know! Right now he is busy on a meeting so I think we will only know on Monday... sorry about it. But I'll let you know as soon as possible. Thanks! and the winner is...... Well ... we even delayed sending the page because we still cant' decide! Picture 1-3 is so much fun, so colorful (all your fonts together) I think it may be the winner. But I'll let you know. Sorry about it. We are not that undecisive usually ... but you gave us too many good choices. thanks, Cecilia (sorry it took us such a LONG time to decide) The page looks wonderful with it, fun, the art will attract the readers to the text. So, what shall we do next (payment, byline etc etc)? Raquel usually takes care of those things, I'll tell her to contact you. Cecilia