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Someone commented on my article that Monotype slapped their company licensing violations for using Google fonts that look like their typefaces. One of them is Garamond (I suppose it's in relation to EB Garamond).
That is absurd.
Guys I can't find the Vitsœ 404 system
Love colourful stripes? Then Farop is for you! This buildable type family includes two ready-to-use colour fonts, along with five individual weights that can be layered and customised to create your own unique striped designs.
Download Farop for free at https://fauxicing.com/fonts. Enjoy!
A typographic experiment, called "Fanning a Ream of Paper." I'm thinking of shortening the name to Farop and turning each shadow layer as individual fonts.
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2681272/fanning-a-ream-of-paper
Striped t-shirts are great inline colour combo inspo
How to one up a @kevlin@mastodon.social
Issey Miyake be putting Untitled Serif Italic to sleep with that extra slant
I am (very) slowly adding my font back catalog into my website. Alt Sans is one of them, a type family that modifies Poppins Bold into four display styles. Burst is my favourite. All fonts are under the Open Font License (OFL).
Free for download at https://www.fauxicing.com/fonts#h.y7us8rvf4g3m
(P.S.: All download links provided in my website should now be direct links; no Google account needed!)
https://youtu.be/uWSB7s_DQHw?is=sW6YnrKUzifbUl8O
Film directors are being regressed to an AI production crew with significant budget cuts. At this point technology is simply serving the rich while those under burries in slop whether they like it or not.
Finally set up a website! And with said website, introducing Gob, a little display font family that's oh-so-knobbly.
Find out more and download them for free at https://www.fauxicing.com/fonts!
I'm very impressed at OTT Foundry's type samples of their new font, Buzz. They nailed the tabloid pastiche and did so much to prove its workhorse worthiness, all with a *single* weight/cut.
A follow-up on Fontworks + Monotype's LETS License:
"The revised pricing puts the yearly base subscription at 49,500 yen, with a game and app integration add-on now costing 33,000 yen. That integration fee used to be 11,000 yen, meaning it has *tripled* in price. The base subscription cost stays the same as before."
So from ~$380 USD/year to ~$518 USD/year (basing off current conversion rates.)
It's not as bad as the purported annual $20k pricing, but it's still upsetting that perpetual licensing isn't a thing.
Neat!
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@klim @letterror @melvian
Thanks for the warm response and input about the writeup!
Apologies for the late response; was occupied these few weeks. Yes, the Spotify font change (i.e. from Gotham) was centered on just the logo. I have also taken note on Netflix Sans predating Monotype's Gotham acquisition. They have been updated accordingly.
The reason the webpage looks wonky and shows Google redirect notices is that it’s a Google Docs page embedded in a site builder 😅. I’m still a novice at building a fully functional website and am just experimenting with what I have and know. I’m open to suggestions, but I’d appreciate a bit of leeway to tinker with the site and get a feel of things.
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Most of these fonts are under the OFL (Open Font License). Hopefully you guys too can find some hidden treasures there to explore, adapt, and build upon! 😃
After years of observing locksmith stickers, I’ve finally compiled a comprehensive breakdown of their design language and pasting methods.
https://uxdesign.cc/locksmith-stickers-are-annoying-but-kind-of-genius-85690b7ae045
I found out that rather than waiting for a glue gun to heat up, I can just use a lighter to heat the end of a glue stick and dab the melted end to where I want things to adhere.
It's faster and I don't have to deal with extra glue dribbling from the tip of the glue gun thereafter.
*P.S.: Of course, please don't hold the lighter to the glue that long that it starts dripping from the stick itself, and don't use a short glue stick so that your fingers don't get exposed to an open flame.
@octothorpean@typo.social I'm in the midst of working on a new writing project and these supporting images happened. Perhaps you may like it.
Have you guys ever preferred an older version of a font than an updated one?
I find the light weight of Ortica has more character in the older release than the newer one, especially on the tail of 'y'. It's a little tragic that the spur got removed.
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I don't think people are just gonna display two books as illustrated; those things can get heavy when you pile them up.
https://kusgrp.com/metal-works/product/railing-works/
I like how this photo gallery of their railing works unintentionally became a liminal space gallery
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@ryan @famirafonts Just wondering what font family was used in the sample image? I like them!
It's uncanny how this happened the day after my article got published
I'm fascinated by the Greek yoghurt and cottage cheese obsession in the US. I'll go broke if I buy this much protein-laden dairy product in my locality.
Me when I get too excited about type weights and ligatures and try to implement it in every way at the expense of comprehension:
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I have only drank this with sweetener however, so I can't attest if this is good without sugar. I usually drink plain lattes non-sweetened though