This week’s Mad Men loving comes from Systemic Jen, who provided linkage to a great post all about the typography featured in the show Mad Men.  As mentioned before, they use Arial in their credits (FOR SHAME) but redeem it in many other ways.  They use some typefaces that, while available, were not popular and therefore likely used at the time, but hey, they are doing a damn good job.  Favorite quote from the article:

I sometimes feel like these characters are living in a retro museum instead of 1960s New York.

Go check it out, and appreciate the level of detail that goes into this amazing show.  And thanks, Jen!

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Also, thanks to Systemic and member of the System Council Marty Day, who brings us a little Jon “Don Draper” Hamm love.  Seems Jon Hamm is a friend of Jimmy Pardo, the comedian behind the hilarious podcast Never Not Funny.  He was featured on the most recent episode (#403), and it is amazing.  WARNING: The podcast costs money, so keep that in mind before I get your hopes up too high.

What can I say?  I have a large man-crush on Jon Hamm and I’m not ashamed of it.  How about you?  Do you love Jon Hamm?  Are you ashamed to admit it?

Gizmodo posted the best copy I can find right now.  Check it.

If you’re really into Tron and want to get psyched all over again, go check out Tank Riot’s latest episode.  It’s a great podcast for geeking out on a topic, and their latest is all about Tron (others include Nikola Tesla, Devo, Henry Ford, Iran, Leon Theremin, etc).  The first 20 minutes turned into a political tirade, but they get back to their original topic eventually, and once they do it’s worth it.  This is now officially the Tron Recap / TR2N psych-up thread.  Post your reminiscence and excitement or derision for the new one!