BHeuer, above, and Mjkmjk take different looks at the same project.......

Getting ready for tomorrow's big election action, we can't help but notice how much Obama-inspired art, design and crafting we've been seeing. Xtrapop's no-counters text design is perfectly trendy. And there's so much more where that came from.........

Last night, after the clock struck pumpkin time, conversation turned, as it often does, to handwriting and type design. Who's a continuous stroke 8 writer? Any snowman-style two circle drawers? Should the bottom and top circles be the same size, or should the bottom orb be bigger? What shape should the counter be: perfect circle? Tall oval or fat oval? Tear-drop? And thus, the search began. What's the best 8? Here are the first 7......