[Spoiler alert: it’s you, and your variable fonts]
I wrote a bit about this in my ATypI wrap-up, but felt this was important enough to revisit. While there are certainly reasons for type designers and foundries to be circumspect about...
I get asked every so often about where to start learning the basics of typography: what it is, how it works, terminology, and so on. I wrote a bit...
While I was at ATypI Tokyo a couple weeks ago, Google had some big announcements (I covered those a bit last week). The new version of their API was particularly great to hear, as this marks the first...
There’s no way to adequately sum up what a magical week this has been. A combination of a completely new place and cultural experience, reuniting with a community of friends I only see once or twice a year, and dozens...
Now that we’ve covered the basics of what variable fonts are, how to implement them, and a bit more about what we can do with them to improve the reading experience, let’s focus on some fun. While the registered axes...
Last week I finally introduced you to variable fonts a bit more formally. I covered four out of the five registered axes and bunch about how to implement them. This week I want to dig into the fifth registered axis...
I’ve made a few mentions about variable fonts over the past weeks, and it’s high time I explain myself—and them—because they are really remarkable. So remarkable in fact that they’re just about the only thing I’ve been talking about at...
Or how hiring me will help make your product and your team better When I quit my agency job last June, one of the primary motivators was to try and refocus my own efforts on work that was both more...
2018 was an interesting and exciting year. Not just for what happened, but for what didn’t. This is my own way of trying to capture some of those changes, why I made some of them, and what I hope to...
Seldom does serendipity smile so kindly—but I won’t question it. The chance to work with one of the top state digital service teams on typographic and design system refinement and integration is pretty special...