Colophon

Type

This website is set entirely in Basis Grotesque by the Colophon Foundry. I find it to be a perfect workhorse of a font, legible at all sizes, sufficiently characteristic to leave an impression, but neutral enough to get out of the way.

Images

I try to use publicly available images wherever possible, and original art in an editorial context, always crediting the artist. I consider this fair use when discussing the works—but if you’re the copyright owner and would like me to take down an image, please get in touch at hello@larsmensel.com.

Technical

This website runs on Blot, an interface-less blogging platform that turns files and folders into a website. As the founder of Blot says: “I like the simplicity and durability of plain text files.” This instance of Blot is rigged with all sorts of customizations, and I’m constantly tweaking it.

Tracking

This page doesn’t collect any user data. It does use Plausible Analytics for lightweight, anonymized visitor statistics.

Style

Here are some style preferences, which I’m mostly recording for myself.

• Headlines use APA capitalization style.
• Subheadlines use sentence case.
• Publications/Books/Band Names are printed in italics.
• Quotes
  • Short quotes are set in quotation marks.
  • Long quotes (several sentences) are set as block quotes. The name of the quote author follows at the end, preceded with a —.
• Typography: Butterick’s Practical Typography lays down the basic rules for writing on the web and is the go-to reference.
  • Straight and curly quotes
  • Hyphens and dashes
• Images: Always credit the artist.
  • Always precede all attribution with the title of the photo in quotation marks “Rock concert, New Mexico, 1975”
  • Creative Commons: Best practices for attribution
  • If a photo is straight from the artist, use “Used with permission.” following the credit.
• Numbers: One-Nine in words, then switch to numerals: 10, 11, 55, 200.
• Decimal separators: In English: “EUR 999.50” or “EUR 2.5 million”

Impressum

Information in accordance with Section 5 TMG

Lars Mensel
Erich-Weinert-Str. 76
10439 Berlin
Germany

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Lars Mensel

Contact information

E-Mail: hello@larsmensel.com

Accountability for Content

The contents of my page have been created with the utmost care. However, I cannot guarantee the contents’ accuracy, completeness or topicality. ‍ According to statutory provisions, I am furthermore responsible for my own content on these web pages. In this matter, please note that I am are not obliged to monitor the transmitted or saved information of third parties, or investigate circumstances pointing to illegal activity.

My obligations to remove or block the use of information under generally applicable laws remain unaffected by this as per §§ 8 to 10 of the Telemedia Act (TMG).

Accountability for Links

Responsibility for the content of external links (to web pages of third parties) lies solely with the operators of the linked pages. ‍ No violations were evident to me at the time of linking. Should any legal infringement become known to me, I will remove the respective link immediately.

Copyright

My web pages and their contents are subject to German copyright law. Unless expressly permitted by law, every form of utilizing, reproducing or processing works subject to copyright protection on my web pages requires the prior consent of the respective owner of the rights. ‍ Individual reproductions of a work are only allowed for private use. The materials from these pages are copyrighted and any unauthorized use may violate copyright laws.

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