Happy #OrangeAndBlack Day a little bit late.

 First RantWoman directs readers to  Newsline – Washington Council of the Blind, winner multiple years of The Hollis Leggett Braille Free Press Award.

Editor Heather Meares is a delight to work with!

Second, Heather is a big RantWoman fan, as demonstrated by both reprinting some RantWoman entries AND listing RantWoman in the Fall 2025 Resources.

Third and most unexpectedly RantWoman has been Recognized at the WA Council of the Blind Awards Banquet. RantWoman will have to check her certificate for the exact title of the award. True to RantWoman form, RantWoman has other things to say, but for now a short meditation on #Halloween, the 279th anniversary of Princeton University, and the fun and hope intended in some tactile graphic renderings.

First a word from Home | ViewPlus one of the vendors.

Next, awkward commentary about a #Halloween present, shown below.

For someone reading fingers only,
this is just a big blob

What could possibly be wrong with this picture???

Urk. It looks like fun even to many people with low vision, but someone reading fingers only will experience just a blob they struggle to identify.

When RantWoman has played around with TactileView tactile graphics software, she has concentrated on images with clear lines. The picture has some clear lines but the task would be rendering the clear lines and then doing whatever with the color print.

RantWoman does think that the tactile image might be more comprehensible if there were different tactile patterns for the different colors of the image. Definitely an idea that would be fun to experiment with, for example by assigning different colors to different tactile patterns.

Now, with thanks to the Princeton 279th anniversary homecoming page, some examples from the kids' sections.

Believable tiger cub line drawing
with foliage in the background.

A fierce tiger face
that might be too busy for
a clear tactile experience.

Just for fun:

A lecture RantWoman hopes will appear as a link or a podcast

Game Day Lecture: ‘Strange New Worlds: The Exploration of Planets Beyond the Solar System’ | Princeton Alumni

RantWoman especially liked some information about transportation, shuttles and even a reference to public transit!

And the tiger images come from a link with children's materials and a fun lesson plan about tigers: 

Orange & Black Day Activities for Kids | Princeton Alumni

So happy belated #OrangeAndBlackDay and 279th anniversary Princeton