I was commissioned to do a tattoo tomorrow to finish some text on this persons arm from a previous artist (an abuser so they quit seeing them). I was hoping someone would have guidance on what font this is because I’ve checked multiple font checkers and can’t find it anywhere

This post will build off of a few key ideas in interpreting TTPD:

• TTPD is mostly Taylor the person writing about Taylor The Brand (Fortnight MV interpretation). Representations of Taylor are continually doubled, with the double representing the duality between brand & person, or thinking about if her life had gone differently (e.g. she hadn't closeted throughout her career, or if she had come out in 2019 as she first planned to do).
  • TSMWEL performance and doubles
  • TTPD is full of doubles
• Braid Theory: every song has multiple sources of inspiration twined together

Why read this long post?

• I found 2 new clips of footage from the Fortnight MV
• I found several interesting connections between Spotify visuals and song interpretations
• It's weird that SO MANY songs (25) have a Fortnight visual and I think we should talk about why she didn't use a Fortnight visual for all of the songs or fewer of the songs.

Songs where the Spotify visual is from the Fortnight MV (25 / 31 songs)

In her Instagram post about the Fortnight MV, Taylor Swift wrote, "When I was writing the Fortnight music video, I wanted to show you the worlds I saw in my head that served as the backdrop for making this music. Pretty much everything in it is a metaphor or a reference to one corner of the album or another. For me, this video turned out to be the perfect visual representation of this record and the stories I tell in it.'
Accordingly, all but 6 songs have a matching visual from the Fortnight MV.
Many of those visuals are straightforward matches to specific lyrics, sometimes cheeky or overly literal. Eg:

• Fresh Out The Slammer: Taylor is unlocked from the bedframe. Pretty literal.
• The Manuscript: Taylor is sitting at the typewriter & typing.

Sometimes the connection is actually a visual rather than the lyrics. E.g.:

• Clara Bow: closeup on Taylor's face at the start of the MV when her makeup style is very similar to Clara Bow the film star.
• Down Bad: Taylor sitting on top of the telephone booth the same way that she's sitting during Down Bad performance on the Eras Tour

Most of the visuals serve as further commentary on the theory that TTPD is mostly Taylor Swift writing about Taylor Swift(TM), the music industry, her fame, and her complicity in the perpetuation of her own painful imprisonment.

new Fortnight clips - a missing piece of the narrative?

Two songs show us clips that are clearly from the Destruction sequence of the music video, but those clips do not actually appear in the final cut of the video: So Long, London and Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus.
So Long, London:
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Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus:
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In this clip, Buttoned Up Taylor snatches a memo out of the air and appears to read it and look upset.
This is strange because one would assume that she's been typing most of these memos, so why would she bother to snatch the memo or read it? And why would she be surprised or upset to read the contents?
Is this a missing piece of the narrative?

reordering the tracklist

If you reorder the tracklist based on the order in which the song's Spotify visual appears in Fortnight music video, some interesting connections jump out. For the sake of readability, I divided commentary into 5 scenes based on the story beats in the Fortnight MV.
Scene 1: Solitary confinement (MV timestamps 0:05 - 1:11)
These are all of the tracks that have a Spotify visual when Taylor is in the white solitary room at the start of the music video.

Track	Visual	Comments
16. Clara Bow	Taylor is locked to the bedframe and FORGET HIM pills are walked in	Visual connection - makeup reminiscent of Clara Bow / silent film actresses
7. Fresh Out The Slammer	Taylor is unlocked from the bedframe	Literal connection - being unlocked. Notable that Taylor isn't really free yet in the music video, though - she's still in solitary confinement. She won't be really free until Scene 5.
19. The Albatross	Taylor strolls from the bedframe to the 2 way mirror and looks at herself	This validates the theory that Taylor is both the rescuing Albatross and the person in need of rescue. She's in her Albatross dress and completely alone in the room, seemingly trapped.
14. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived	Taylor staring in mirror and wiping off makeup to reveal Post Malone's tattoos	This is so clearly evidence that TSMWEL is at least partially about Taylor the person's feelings towards herself / regret about continuing to closet for Taylor(TM). Why else would The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived be a picture of HERSELF wiping makeup off? She could have easily focused on Post Malone, the scientists, or simply given the same visual as the lyric video (plain text that is un-redacted to reveal the lyrics).
11. I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)	Taylor walks from her solitary confinement room into the working room at the asylum	Does "fixing" mean "bringing into conformity with social norms and expectations"? The only person being transformed in this clip is Taylor, who goes from the Albatross dress (wild, barefoot) to a buttoned up mourning gown. Is Taylor the "Him" in this song who is being "fixed"? Once again, Taylor could have easily just used the lyric video visuals, but she didn't.

Scene 2: Working in the Asylum (1:11 - 1:54)
Taylor and Post Malone sit working in the asylum with many other anonymous typists.

Track	Visual	Comments
31. The Manuscript	Taylor at the typewriter, typing, "I love you it's ruining my life"	Literal connection - she's typing. Interesting that instead of "the manuscript" (something meaningful and complex), she's typing the same simple phrase over and over. Is she unable to state the full narrative outright for some reason? (fan rejection, dangers of escaping closet.) As long as there's the bland /nonspecific "you" ruining Taylor's life, fans can project that the manuscript is about love story and not Taylor's relationship with fans/herself.
2. The Tortured Poets Department	Taylor and Post Malone are typing while the colors from their typewriters start to reach out to each other	Literal connection - "you left your typewriter in my apartment." Personally, I think this is a song about a friend/fellow writer and not a romantic song. Gives the same allyship/friendship vibes as Post Malone in the MV

Scene 3: "Love" Story in Nowhere (1:54 - 2:34)

Track	Visual	Comment
12. loml	Pan out from Taylor and Post Malone reading The Story of Us while laying on an outline of Taylor's silhouette	This is such a weird visual to choose - there are no obvious lyrical connections to the visual. Are we meant to be thinking about the Style muse for this song based on the visual connection to Style MV?
6. But Daddy I Love Him	Taylor runs into Post Malone's arms	Acting out the same "moves" she does with her beards (e.g. run to Travis) in a song that's supposedly about Matty Healy? Nah, this is about her own queer identity.
22. So High School	Post Malone cradles Taylor's face in his hands	Leaning into the camp / bearding interpretation of SHS
1. Fortnight	Swirl of papers in the Nowhere - Taylor reaches for Post's hand, but they don't quite touch	Interesting that the lyric video visual for Fortnight is the Solitary Confinement room - but empty. We never see this room empty during the Fortnight MV.

Scene 4: Tortured for Art (2:34 - 3:13)

Track	Visual	Comments
26. The Prophesy	Pan out on Taylor in the extraction chair	It feels like a foregone conclusion to Taylor that she will continue to be tortured (closeted) to produce art
21. How Did It End?	Taylor is trapped in the chair and lyrics are being extracted	Taylor's pain being converted into The Manuscript ("I love you, it's ruining my life")
23. I Hate It Here	Closeup on Taylor's face while readings are being taken from her head. Her eyes move back and forth between the two doctors, one of whom is cut off by the crop
27. Cassandra	Taylor in the chair being electrocuted / in pain
29. The Bolter	Explosions are going off - overhead visual of the scene	"Bolts" of electricity, but Taylor has not yet run away / been freed
9. Guilty As Sin?	Taylor looking up at Post Malone while she's in the chair after he's turned off electricity. His hand is on her (covered) shoulder.	Literal? Connects to the lyrics, "this cage was once just fine," and "I dream of cracking locks." She isn't skin-to-skin, but he's touching her clothed shoulder with a bare hand.

Scene 5: Destruction (3:13 - 3:55)
Taylor is BURNING IT DOWN. This phase feels much more fluid and liberated than the rest of the music video not only due to the subject matter (burning the files, breaking free from the asylum), but also through cinematography techniques. Previous scenes had long, lingering shots that contributed to the trapped/stuck feeling. The clips in this portion of the music video are much shorter and bounce around to different Taylors destroying things, chaotic yet cathartic.
Despite being shorter or a similar length as the other scenes (~40 seconds), more songs use clips from this sequence than any other (8 songs).

Track	Visual	Comments
28. Peter	Camera pan out while Taylor is on top of the phone booth and Post Malone is trying to make a call	If Post Malone is making the call - is he trying to call Taylor on top of the phone booth? Matches the Peter-is-uncloseted-Taylor theory. If Post Malone is calling someone else - Post Malone and Taylor are both Wendy?
4. Down Bad	Camera pan up to Taylor on top of the phone booth	Visual connection - Taylor kneels in the same pose during iconic Down Bad tour performance
17. The Black Dog	Taylor ripping memo drawers open, then bending over the desk and crying	Interesting that Taylor didn't use a scene that would connect to the "rain-soaked body" lyric. Instead, this looks more like "trace the evidence" and "cry over a hat" (Hits Different muse).
10. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?	Pan out on Taylor while she's standing in the midst of the burning memos	The contrast between Taylor calmly standing in the middle of the burning memos versus the tour performance where she's raging is... chef's kiss
8. Florida!!!	Taylor throwing the rolling cart through the two-way mirror in the Solitary Confinement room	Fuck me up, Florida (most unhinged Destruction scene)
15. The Alchemy	Taylor clasping hands with Post Malone at the end of the MV	If The Alchemy is about Taylor's fans and going back on tour, this might mean that Taylor is teaming up with Taylor(TM) one more time to make a boatload of gold/money ("who are we to fight the alchemy?"). This would be a sad interpretation insofar as I want Taylor to come out, but it does leave a sour taste in my mouth that this is the new ending track based on this track order.

Songs with non-Fortnight visuals (6 / 31 songs)

Only six songs don't have a visual from the Fortnight MV. I think this is because these songs don't fit into the main theme of the album (Taylor vs Taylor(TM)).
Four of the songs are the same or very similar to the visuals of the lyric videos.

• Two songs (imgonnagetyouback and I Look In People's Windows) have a still image that match the Youtube lyric videos.
  • These songs are more likely to actually be love songs; there's less here to interpret as a split between the Taylors.
  • Additionally, it's notable that nothing from the Fortnight MV "love story" was selected for either of these songs. That's because the Fortnight MV is not actually a love story.
• I Can Do It With A Broken Heart is Eras tour footage, just like the lyric video.
• Robin has a visual (blades of grass) which is not the same as the lyric video (dandelion close-up), but which is similar enough that I don't have further thoughts.

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys and thanK you aIMee are the outliers here and I'd love thoughts.
MBOBHFT
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image description: slightly blurry footage of Taylor with headphones and a microphone sitting on a couch in front of a window and an indoor plant
This does NOT match the lyric video, but it does appear to match one of her Instagram posts. She's wearing at least 3 different outfits in the photos included on this post (white dress, black tshirt, white tshirt).
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image description: April 28th Instagram post that shows Taylor with headphones and a microphone, sitting on a couch in front of a window and houseplant that looks very similar to previous image
The angle is slightly different between the photo and the moving clip on Spotify. Taylor is sitting at a 3/4 pose here but is shown in profile in the Spotify clip.
Is this behind the scenes footage hinting at a documentary?
MBOBHFT seems like it would be pretty easy to match to a Fortnight clip (e.g., anything from the electroshock scene). Is the lack of a Fortnight clip meant to signal to us that the subject of the song is NOT Taylor, but is in fact someone else?
thanK you aIMee
The Spotify visual is Eras tour footage, when Taylor does the heart hands during the Fearless set:
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The same footage is used in the ICDIWABH lyric video:
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One interpretation - the heart hands are a sassy way of saying, "Thank you. My haters are as valuable as my fans for building my fame."
Another possibility - maybe the subject of thanK you aIMee is someone from the Fearless era. This would also make sense if TYA is a bookend of Mean (Mean was on Speak Now, but the heart hands were common on both tours & it would make sense if Mean was written as a response to something in the Fearless era).
However, the lyric video for TYA shows a simple starry sky:
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I don't know anything about astrology, so I'd love others to chime in if they see anything significant in the sky here.
This does remind me of the opening sequence of Peter Pan, but that's likely coincidental. Many films have opened with similar imagery and I don't think the stars match up.
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(screenshot source is a fan music video for Peter)

Conclusion

The Spotify visuals Taylor used further support the interpretation that most of the album is about the pain of closeting and the fracture between Taylor the person and Taylor Swift (TM). The Fortnight visuals illuminate additional angles of the lyrics, and there are 2 clips that were not used in the final music video.
The songs that do not fit that theme have Spotify visuals that are NOT from the Fortnight MV and may have more information, especially when compared to the lyric video visuals.
Why did or didn't Taylor choose a Fortnight visual for specific songs? How optimistic should we be about comingoutlor since it seems like Taylor's interested in becoming less knowable?

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Inspired by the desire to create more than just a swim school, we envisioned a space where every detail speaks of friendship with water, calmness, and confidence. Thus, the "VODA" brand was born. "VODA" is Russian word for water, symbolizes empathy and play, making water a fun and safe friend for kids.
The name "VODA" itself is symbolic. The letters "O" and "D" look like swimming goggles, immediately evoking safety and confidence in water. The logo clearly represents a swim school that cares for each child.
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getting a tattoo today and want something in a similar font

I want “EGO SUM LUX MUNDI” in that same font so I can get it tattooed on me.

Filling in the gaps of my sleeve… I wanna do a 999 tattoo in this type of font. Wondering which direction to get it. I like the first image where the 999 is facing me instead of the 666. But most of the ones I see online it’s like in the 2nd image.
the original meaning of 999 as an angel number symbolizes taking the bad in your life and turning it to be positive. So it’ll work either way. Just don’t love looking at the 666 all the time
(I made this image with Snapchat stickers so bear with me on the bad quality lol)

People of Reddit, may I present my mother, the poet.
She wrote a poem so all the secretaries (all women) could get their bosses (all men) to spend the money to get more modern office equipment.
She wrote in her side notes "P.S. We got new ones shawtley (shortly, she could spell, just having fun with words) thereafter".
So her poem worked. They got the fancy new typewriters with ELECTRICITY! AND A TYPE BALL! instead of individual keys flying up from underneath. The balls could be changed out if you wanted to choose from one of four fonts available.
Miss you, Mom.
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I’m wondering the font name of Billie’s “hard and soft” tattoo. Of course I know it’s cursive, but like what type of cursive?

hi! first of all, thanks to everyone who responds! this fall I'm going to get my first tattoo and it's going to be a phrase, and the placement is going to be like the picture. I'm thinking of using the same font and approximately the same size of the one in the picture, maybe mine will be a little bigger. what I'm wondering is: how legible is it going to be in 10-15 years? because I'm worried about the ink expanding and the phrase not being legible anymore. thanks again!