mastodon 4.6.9Drawing type at Tipogris Fonts and Friends ⦿ Nudging letters at Tipogris Books and Brands ⦿ Creating conceptual art ⦿ Writing on art history, philosophy, jazz, and fonts ⦿ Teaching at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences ⦿ Expert class Type design alumnus 21/22
This concept looks easy to draw, but in fact it’s pretty hard to pull off a modular, technical, rectangular typeface that’s legible and still looks good when used for more than a few letters. David Quay and Ramiro did a great job with @RetypeFoundry@typo.social’s new ‘Botter’.
Aber ist es auch DAS GRÖẞTE ẞ DER WELT?
Der Typ, der die URL auf die Briefumschläge vom Finanzamt schreibt, hatte wohl ein Glas Blauer Engel zu viel
Heads up, type designers: the latest (2024) issue of the official spelling rules of the German language makes ẞ the default form for capitalizing ß.
This means many of you will have to turn the tables in a font update to keep providing German language support: make ẞ the default in OT all-caps or small-caps features and keep SS in a stylistic set (if at all).
(Source: https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/rechtschreibung/6180)
This 1888 oil painting has phone snapshot vibes.
“(Infanteriets) Vagtparade” (“Changing of the Guard”) by Danish painter and illustrator Erik Ludvig Henningsen (1855—1930).
After inadvertently opening the InDesign help for the bazillionth time, I finally removed the help shortcut from the [F1] key and assigned it the same functions as [ESC] instead.
Peace of mind!
Should’ve done this ages ago.
Been staring at the official livestream of a motionless giant pointy metal tube for hours and the anticipation is killing me. #artemisii
Beautiful bookbinding for @ia@mastodon.online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnX84UtwMc4
Today in my inbox, 9 Pt text size: “We are looking for individuals that bum for their work.” Thanks, Helvetica. #keming
TIL that Will Smith’s Men in Black song is just a rip-off of Patrice Rushen’s 1982 single “Forget Me Nots” and I dig everything about the original.
Epic vaporsax solo incoming at 3′00″!
I just bought an educational CD-ROM from 2002.
The flash-based launcher still starts on a modern OS, but, more importantly: the actual data it references is stored in plain formats (PDF, txt, jpg) and accessible in structured folders. I can use it in any way I need to.
It’s so nice that something old is just usable without hacks and kludges for a change.
Slidin’ out of the frame like a smooth criminal
A collection of every news article starting with the words “The internet”. Is that a thing?
Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, diesen Film schon einmal gesehen zu haben
At night, when I’m already freezing, I always get the modern air-conditioned tram. During the day, with 30+ degrees outside, I only seem to catch the older model that might double as a kiln. Conundrums of the universe.
Half of social media is people posting AI slop videos, the other half is oblivious people congratulating them with emoji-laden replies.