Sparks – A typeface for creating sparklines in text without code
(github.com/aftertheflood)
A typeface for creating sparklines in text.
A typeface for creating sparklines in text.
PARANOIA SANS a self-censoring, conspiratorial typeface
(fleg.de)
Moon Landing: PARANOIA SANS is a self-censoring, conspiratorial typeface that will automatically redact more than 150 words popular in conspiracy myths/theories.
Moon Landing: PARANOIA SANS is a self-censoring, conspiratorial typeface that will automatically redact more than 150 words popular in conspiracy myths/theories.
Kerning, the Hard Way
(octetfont.com)
Here’s what this particular example looks like without kerning:
Here’s what this particular example looks like without kerning:
Show HN: A website that makes your text look cool anywhere online using Unicode
(fontgenerator.cool)
Make your text fun and stylish with our fancy text generator 🌟 featuring a wide variety of font styles ready for easy copy and paste.
Make your text fun and stylish with our fancy text generator 🌟 featuring a wide variety of font styles ready for easy copy and paste.
Monotype and Phototypesetting (2000) [pdf]
(archive.org)
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20040305094501/http://www.letterpress.ch:80/APINET/IMMPDF/MONOPHOTO/PHS_journal.pdf
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20040305094501/http://www.letterpress.ch:80/APINET/IMMPDF/MONOPHOTO/PHS_journal.pdf
Typography in Ten Minutes
(practicaltypography.com)
This is a bold claim, but I stand behind it: if you learn and follow these five typography rules, you will be a better typographer than nearly every writer—and even most graphic designers.
This is a bold claim, but I stand behind it: if you learn and follow these five typography rules, you will be a better typographer than nearly every writer—and even most graphic designers.
Numderline: OpenType Ligatures for Number Clarity for 4+ digits
(thume.ca)
Numderline is a font patcher that uses OpenType font shaping trickery to make it easier to visually parse large numbers. It has multiple variants for different preferences, fonts and contexts.
Numderline is a font patcher that uses OpenType font shaping trickery to make it easier to visually parse large numbers. It has multiple variants for different preferences, fonts and contexts.
The Typography Maestro Getting Calls from Hollywood
(nytimes.com)
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.
Shaping ligatures in monospace fonts
(joshleeb.com)
For some time I’ve been working towards building a graphical code editor from scratch.
For some time I’ve been working towards building a graphical code editor from scratch.
Show HN: I worked on a feature that allows you to preview fonts side by side
(foxcraft.tech)
Texts makes up 80% of your UI. The right font doesn't just display information—it shapes perception. Choose the perfect font, and turn casual visitors into loyal customers.
Texts makes up 80% of your UI. The right font doesn't just display information—it shapes perception. Choose the perfect font, and turn casual visitors into loyal customers.
Bad keming: Kerning failures, plus other typographical and font mishaps
(badkeming.com)
Where kerning’s so bad it’s keming, plus other typographical and font failures.
Where kerning’s so bad it’s keming, plus other typographical and font failures.
The Typography Maestro Getting Calls from Greta Gerwig and Robert Eggers
(nytimes.com)
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.
Bad Keming – Where kerning's so bad it's keming
(badkeming.com)
Where kerning’s so bad it’s keming, plus other typographical and font failures.
Where kerning’s so bad it’s keming, plus other typographical and font failures.
Pagination widows, or, why I'm embarrassed about my eBook (2023)
(clagnut.com)
The physical copies of my book on Web Typography sold out quickly. I self-published, and print runs are expensive when you’re funding them yourself, so numbers were limited. However it was always my plan to publish an ebook at the same time, and that has out-sold the hard copy by an order of magnitude.
The physical copies of my book on Web Typography sold out quickly. I self-published, and print runs are expensive when you’re funding them yourself, so numbers were limited. However it was always my plan to publish an ebook at the same time, and that has out-sold the hard copy by an order of magnitude.
A Font Book of Squiggles in Tristram Shandy
(oneletterwords.com)
Laurence Sterne’s serpentine squiggle is an eloquent testament to the limitation of words. The twisting line represents a stick waving in the air to wordlessly communicate the vagaries of married life, relating a thousand syllogisms’-worth of meaning.
Laurence Sterne’s serpentine squiggle is an eloquent testament to the limitation of words. The twisting line represents a stick waving in the air to wordlessly communicate the vagaries of married life, relating a thousand syllogisms’-worth of meaning.
The backlash against the world's most hated font may be ending
(theatlantic.com)
The backlash against the world’s most hated font may finally be ending.
The backlash against the world’s most hated font may finally be ending.
Making a Variable Color Font
(harbortype.com)
Stacking multiple fonts on top of each other is a makeshift solution for creating multicolored text in digital media. I was well aware of this when I designed Rocher. On the other hand, I so excited about it I couldn’t keep myself from releasing it even knowing the user experience would be subpar.
Stacking multiple fonts on top of each other is a makeshift solution for creating multicolored text in digital media. I was well aware of this when I designed Rocher. On the other hand, I so excited about it I couldn’t keep myself from releasing it even knowing the user experience would be subpar.
Comic Sans Got the Last Laugh
(theatlantic.com)
The backlash against the world’s most hated font may finally be ending.
The backlash against the world’s most hated font may finally be ending.
Ink traps and pals (2021)
(tosche.net)
Recently I’ve seen this tweet from Yves Peters asking how to call these spikes which I replied briefly (spoiler: it’s a light trap!). I had a lot more to explore on the topic, so I decided to write not just about light traps, but similar concepts and shapes too. There are days in life of typeface designers when they want to write 4000 words about these things with no regards to conciseness.
Recently I’ve seen this tweet from Yves Peters asking how to call these spikes which I replied briefly (spoiler: it’s a light trap!). I had a lot more to explore on the topic, so I decided to write not just about light traps, but similar concepts and shapes too. There are days in life of typeface designers when they want to write 4000 words about these things with no regards to conciseness.
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design
(uxdesign.cc)
As a web/interface/visual designer I work a lot with label states. Selected, unselected, active, inactive, available, out of stock. Considering that you should never use color as the only visual cue (always remember accessibility dear designer), text weight is often my go-to solution. However, if you’ve ever worked with precisely designed interfaces before, you know how frustrating it can be to find your painstakingly placed labels shoot around like flipper balls when you switch them from regular to bold.
As a web/interface/visual designer I work a lot with label states. Selected, unselected, active, inactive, available, out of stock. Considering that you should never use color as the only visual cue (always remember accessibility dear designer), text weight is often my go-to solution. However, if you’ve ever worked with precisely designed interfaces before, you know how frustrating it can be to find your painstakingly placed labels shoot around like flipper balls when you switch them from regular to bold.
The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack
(int10h.org)
The world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles - preserving raster typography from pre-GUI times:
The world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles - preserving raster typography from pre-GUI times:
Coding Font by Typogram – Find Your True Love of Coding Fonts
(codingfont.com)
Hello friend, I am wentin, creator of Coding Font. I have been building Typogram — a logo design tool, and it is now launched! Upvote us on Product Hunt!
Hello friend, I am wentin, creator of Coding Font. I have been building Typogram — a logo design tool, and it is now launched! Upvote us on Product Hunt!
Comic Mono
(dtinth.github.io)
A legible monospace font… the very typeface you’ve been trained to recognize since childhood. This font is a fork of Shannon Miwa’s Comic Shanns (version 1).
A legible monospace font… the very typeface you’ve been trained to recognize since childhood. This font is a fork of Shannon Miwa’s Comic Shanns (version 1).