It’s that time of year, folks. Everything in the shop is 25% off! That means fonts, tees, hats, decals, etc., as well as our Secret Club membership. Use code BF25. simplebits.shop/collections/...

Parkly 2.0 out today! An all-caps display sans inspired by old WPA National Park posters. Now with fixes, additional glyphs, diacritics and expanded language support, National Park signage arrowhead arrows, and more. simplebits.shop/products/par...

New in the shop! The Helvetica Tee. simplebits.shop/products/hel...

In pt. 2, Dan talks about how a weird orange peeler became the most replied-to topic in his newsletter. Why? Because specificity is relatable. 🍊 Tiny details = big joy. Watch here → youtu.be/DlTZBx1zyjs?si=MhTKQ... Listen here → www.buzzsprout.com/2092855/ep...

Had a heckuva good time chatting with the excellent @fontawesome.com folks on their podcast about the creative journey, making type, and design detours. Part I of II is up for listening today. www.podcastawesome.com/2092855/epis...

Some important news: There are two new decals available in the shop. They’ll also be included in our Decal Pack for maximum savings. simplebits.shop/collections/...

“A rising tide lifts all boats.” —John F. Kennedy (Testing a new WIP typeface, Clauthbound)

To mark 1 year of the Studio Notes newsletter, we’re having a big sale on all goods & fonts in the shop—30% off with code NOTES ✌️ simplebits.shop/collections/...

It turns out, Turbeau works pretty well for vintage Formula 1 branding and likely other motorsports-related situations. #sbfonts

If Turbeau bold were a synthesizer, it’d most certainly be analog. Available now! simplebits.shop/products/tur...

Aside from Knight Rider, there were some other good 80s action shows. I don’t ever remember seeing Street Hawk, though the premise sounds great (essentially KITT is a motorcycle?). Our new type family, Turbeau, in action.

I’ve been a big fan of si-fai movies and shows. This is our brand new typeface, Turbeau, in use.

Our new typeface, Turbeau, is released today. Inspired by the end credits of Knight Rider, and warbly, analog synths. Three weights, alternate characters, diacritics, and oblique styles—all under a single license. Never perfect, always a-okay. simplebits.shop/products/tur...

Never perfect since 2002.

A free pre-release of our next typeface, Turbeau, is out for Gold members. simplebits.com/notebook/tur...

Behold, Studio Notes #44 is published! Also, as an experiment, I’ve enabled comments on Notebook posts for signed-in members (free or Gold). It’s only been maybe 15 years? 🤓 simplebits.com/notebook/stu...

A new hat and a new tee in the shop! I chose some random words to feature a couple of our own typefaces. Also, take 15% off any hat or tee with code RANDOM at checkout for the next week ✌️ simplebits.shop/collections/...

Posted some found type from Maine for free (and paid!) subscribers. simplebits.com/notebook/typ...

My latest Studio Notes™ is out! Quick bits delivered to you each Friday. simplebits.com/notebook/stu...

Scorekard. Our latest Danmade typeface inspired by a vintage baseball scorekeeper card.

Scorekard. Our latest display typeface for people like you. Three weights and expanded Latin language support. simplebits.shop/products/sco...

JavaScript for Everyone would have suffered a heartbreaking change of display font were it not for Cartridge from @simplebits.com—immaculate vibes _and_ readability. piccalil.li/projects/cou...

Little Decal Friday update for you ✌️✨

Introducing Scorekard! Our new imperfect sans inspired by an old baseball scoring card. Upper/lowercase, 3 weights, diacritics, Danmade line wandering, etc. Read more about Scorekard in the Notebook: simplebits.com/notebook/int...

Dropped a free pre-release version of Scorekard to Gold members ✨ simplebits.com/notebook/sco...

Studio Notes #35 is up! simplebits.com/notebook/stu...

Today I announced SimpleBits® Gold, a new membership tier for the site that includes Secret Type Club Slack, discounts on fonts and goods, free pre-release fonts, bonus posts, and more. A new way forward that will hopefully allow me to keep my dream job around here. ✌️✨ simplebits.gold

Will officially announce this next week, but finished a massive site migration to Ghost and added a ✨Gold membership tier with perks and mentioned it in the newsletter. Note to self: Next time don’t launch something with payments in test mode 😬 simplebits.com/gold/

I’ve never been to Adobe Max. Should I change that this October in LA? And is vendoring worth the effort? Thank you, friends.

Thank you, Greg! 🙌

Updated the Decal + Mystery Pack with 8 new, heavy-duty, silkscreened decals. We’ll throw in extra mystery stuff with every order. Decals for people like you. simplebits.shop/products/dec...

Landed on a name for my new typeface.

Hello, Very Outstanding Person. Here's issue #30 of Studio Notes—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. simplebits.com/2025/05/02/s...

Hey I made some new tees and hats and I’m really happy with how they came out and you can grab ‘em at 15% off with code SPRING 🌱 simplebits.shop/collections/...

Another redo of an old design. Now with Spagetty Rough type. #sbfonts

My latest Studio Notes newsletter is up: simplebits.com/2025/04/18/s... Sent every Friday. Subscribe if you like quick bits of distraction ✌️

Reviving some old art with the new typeface I’m currently chipping away at. This is handy reminder of how to tie the infamous Bowline Knot, which makes a super-strong loop.

Cartridge 3! Big update released today with 5 weights in 2 styles, extra retro alternates, and improvements. Time to spend all that extra 401K money on some alphabets! Wait. simplebits.shop/products/car...

Gerry Raferty: This new song is going great, but the chorus…I don’t know what to do for the chorus. Sax Player: Hold my f’ing Ray-Bans.

Sometimes you build things and eventually let go of those things, but the things are still important to you even though they often become totally different things you no longer influence. I’m getting old and discovering making things creates baggage. Sometimes light, sometimes overweight.

Writing a weekly newsletter has been cathartic and has me back in my own code a little, now publishing these on simplebits.com/notes as well as email. (WIP font Scorekard in use here)

New DECALS! Important stuff. Plus a Mystery Pack that includes all four and some free mystery merch 😎🤙 Available now wherever SimpleBits are sold. simplebits.shop/collections/...

What in the (and let me be crystal clear here) actual hell is going on.

🐦‍🔥 tapbots.com/phoenix/

Spagetty, our new friendly, slab serif available now. #sbfonts simplebits.shop/products/spa...

Reworking some old gold✨

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Quick exercise this morning using nothing but our newly-released Spagetty typeface. #sbfonts

Now available! Spagetty is my latest typeface. A friendly, imperfect, slab serif inspired by Ennio Morricone scores, swinging saloon doors, sasaparilla, and 80s cartoons. Two styles, European language support, yee haw. simplebits.shop/products/spa...