One of my jobs is at a small liberal arts college at the fork of the Delaware, in Pennsylvania. We spend the summer gearing up for the new academic year. One of the biggest events being orientation.
This year for orientation they are doing a scavenger hunt to get the students familiar with the campus. They have to find the letters L-a-f-a-y-e-t-t-e L-e-o-p-a-r-d-s hidden in the buildings or on signs or even on manhole covers. It is an assignment I use for Type II all the time.
My job was to find the letters. So on Wednesday and Thursday my colleague and I set out for very long lunches. Walking and hunting for letters. We found a lot. X and O are plentiful. Other letters can be found easily but you have to twist your body into a pretzel to see them. For example columns. Columns will always make E and F but who walks sideways?
I think my colleague had fun and she sees typography in a whole new light. Wednesday we did the upper half of the campus. Thursday we did the lower half, including the athletic fields (and walking up to the top of the stands via the bleachers).
Tuesday, I might have to go get a few more. It depends on what the powers to be pick.
