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Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Part of my series of terms of venery (collective nouns for animals) I always liked “a nest of rabbits” because it makes me think of eggs 🪺 and Easter (next week already) but of course, rabbits 🐇 do make nests.</p><p><a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/106790055" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minouette.etsy.com/listing/106</span><span class="invisible">790055</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>termsOfVenery</span></a><br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rabbit</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Easter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Easter</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/nest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nest</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/bunnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bunnies</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Guido Romeijn<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amsterdamnoord?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amsterdamnoord</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/amsterdam?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amsterdam</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/streettypographer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streettypographer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/color?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#color</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/architecture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cityscape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cityscape</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/colour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/streetphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streetphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fediart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graffiti?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graffiti</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mural?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mural</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/love?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a>
Letterform Archive<p>Did you collect all Emigre’s specimens over the last four decades? Now you can get 40 booklets in a single 1,264-page volume. “Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024” is available now in our shop, and wherever good books are sold. <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/shop/emigre-fonts/?utm_source=Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/shop/emi</span><span class="invisible">gre-fonts/?utm_source=Mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Emigre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emigre</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/EmigreFonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmigreFonts</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeSpecimen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TypeSpecimen</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Font" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Font</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typeface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typeface</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ZuzanaLicko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZuzanaLicko</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/RudyVanderLans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RudyVanderLans</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ad</span></a></p>
Letterform Archive<p>We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary by filling our jewel-box gallery with 100 staff picks. Get a glimpse into every corner of the Archive through the lens of the 10 teams who steward the collection. Traverse centuries of graphic art, from a cuneiform tablet to contemporary artists’ books, from icons of modernist typography to everyday ephemera. Never before has such a wide range of the Archive’s collection been viewable in one room. <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/10-by-10-for-10-exhibition/?utm_source=Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/news/10-</span><span class="invisible">by-10-for-10-exhibition/?utm_source=Mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Exhibition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exhibition</span></a></p>
Yep! Type Foundry<p>Designing a uniwidth typeface family is such a challenge, I don’t think I’ll take on another one anytime soon 😅</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typedesign</span></a></p>
lumipate<p>The fonts from Misprinted Type are a delight. Most are very loud and unique, with a lot of manufactured imprefections that give them a lot of personality.</p><p>I've used some of their freeware fonts for projects before and will continue to do so. </p><p><a href="https://www.misprintedtype.com/freeware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">misprintedtype.com/freeware</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Happy birthday <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@letterformarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letterformarchive</span></a></span> — 10 this year 🎂</p><p>For those able to get to San Francisco between now and October, be sure to visit this special exhibition:<br> <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/10-by-10-for-10-exhibition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/news/10-</span><span class="invisible">by-10-for-10-exhibition/</span></a></p><p>The exhibition is accompanied by an events programme that unfolds across the year, starting with archive founder Rob Saunders and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@stewf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stewf</span></a></span> discussing the archive's origins and its approaches to collecting objects for public access:</p><p><a href="https://letterformarchive.org/shop/looking-back-with-rob-saunders-the-importance-of-material-culture/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/shop/loo</span><span class="invisible">king-back-with-rob-saunders-the-importance-of-material-culture/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/LetterformArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetterformArchive</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calligraphy</span></a></p>
David Megginson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/@raganwald" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>raganwald</span></a></span> I originally learned about typography from TeX / LaTeX.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeX</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a></p>
Kagan MacTane (he/him)<p>I've been writing using em dashes since the 1990s. The reason AI uses em dashes is because it was trained on my writing, and that of countless other humans like me.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AICrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AICrap</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EmDashes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmDashes</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FuckAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckAI</span></a></p>
Donald R Noble<p>Combining the niches of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> Atomic Frontier investigates which typeface's capital "I" makes the best I-beam?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azDaPm13CT8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=azDaPm13CT</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
Caro S.<p>Cyrus Highsmith • editorial • April 22, 2018</p><p>"A sketchbook looks like such a simple thing. But in fact it’s a complex space for learning to think and see, and for negotiating a practice that traverses several activities: designing type, teaching, making prints, and illustrating."</p><p><a href="https://occupantfonts.com/articles/a-daily-sketchbook/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">occupantfonts.com/articles/a-d</span><span class="invisible">aily-sketchbook/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sketchbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketchbook</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a></p>
Steve Dallape ☑️ 🌎<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StLouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StLouis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Missouri</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FensterFreitag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FensterFreitag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a></p>
Frontend Dogma<p>Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up, by @webdesignerdepot.bsky.social:</p><p><a href="https://webdesignerdepot.com/thin-fonts-are-a-usability-nightmare-and-finally-designers-are-waking-up/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">webdesignerdepot.com/thin-font</span><span class="invisible">s-are-a-usability-nightmare-and-finally-designers-are-waking-up/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fonts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/usability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usability</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a></p>
David Thompson<p>Not quite sure if this is fully aligned to my corner of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>, but it's so delightfully nerdy that I had to share.</p><p>These two dive into many terms for printing and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> that are still with us today.</p><p>If you're into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicdesign</span></a>, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdesign</span></a>, then you may enjoy.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/cd5iFbuNKv8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/cd5iFbuNKv8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Wesley Moore<p>Big update to PragmataPro just came out, including a new variable font version: <a href="https://fsd.it/2025/03/20/pragmatapro-0-9-released/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fsd.it/2025/03/20/pragmatapro-</span><span class="invisible">0-9-released/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/Fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fonts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.decentralised.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>This print “Occam’s Razor” is about the Law of Economy or Parsimony postulated by Scholastic philosopher William of Ockham (1287–1347), “pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate” or entities should not be needlessly multiplied. More simply this law, or really, rule of thumb is that the simplest explanation is usually right. The print shows Ockham himself, inspired by an image of him from a 🧵 1/n<br>⁠<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Ockham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ockham</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OccamsRazor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OccamsRazor</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Comic Sans Bathrooms in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin</p><p>Gas station bathrooms adorned with one of the world’s most infamous typefaces, with quotes ranging from lewd to profound.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=bathrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bathrooms</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/comic-sans-bathrooms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Comic Sans Bathrooms</a></p>
FORMA<p>1584 — 2025-04-08-11.36.26.jpg </p><p>✷ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspiration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forma</span></a> <br>✷ <a href="https://are.na/block/35837560" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">are.na/block/35837560</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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