I know it’s not going to last, but I want to appreciate this brief window of time when some companies are pay-gating their unwanted AI features while keeping core functionality the same price or free. Thank you!

Suuuuuure. Typeface opinions from the guy with this garbage campaign logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marco_Rubio_2016_Campaign_logo.png

Got to see @kellianderson talk about her new book in Philly on Friday. Of course she brought glue and tuned up the cover on mine to work more smoothly. Perfection! 😅

"… a plausible method for saving oneself from reading and grading AI slop. To be brief, I inserted hidden text into an assignment’s directions that the students couldn’t see but that ChatGPT can." #llm #ai #plagiarism #education https://hcommons.social/@jnl/115585410748161291

I feel bad for any Alberts who go by “Al” because their names immediately stick out to me as AI now. Typographic betrayal!

@kellianderson sits down with Adam Savage to talk about her new book, Alphabet in Motion. It’s part pop-up book and part history of letterforms. Kelli is one of my favorite designers, such a great combination of skill and joy in everything she makes. Can’t wait for my copy to arrive! […]

I wasn’t into BYTE Magazine back in the day, but damn this is a great archive of all the issues. I want this style of power interface for every kind of large gallery: https://byte.tsundoku.io/

An interesting look at the level of details that goes into creating a typeface. https://jasonsantamaria.com/blog/learning-curves

Wow, the new Affinity combines all three apps into one, and is now free: https://www.affinity.studio/

📢 New post: I wrote about improving at designing type in fits and starts while working on a lowercase for my font Citywide. Progress isn’t always quick, but I’m really enjoying the make mistakes 🔁 get a little better loop. https://jasonsantamaria.com/blog/learning-curves

I was doing some logo research and stumbled on this wild old airline logo for Hughes Airwest. The mark seems pretty happily illegible — I had to Google half the name to see “WEST”, which wasn’t resolving for me at all.

I wrote about Bluesky’s moderation tensions and the White House’s threats and the critical need for open networks that can do broad connection and also care for communities at Tech Policy Press […]

Good buddy Frank Chimero gave a great talk at last week’s Kinference conference in Brooklyn and now it’s online as an essay! Beyond the Machine is one of the most clear-eyed takes on creative existence, coexistence, and resistance in a world with AI. I love the framing of over/beside/under when […]

It's here. JavaScript for Everyone is now available to…everyone! The amount of effort and experience packed into this course is unbelievable and we know you're going to love it. Get yours for £189, down from £249, for two weeks only and super-charge your career prospects […]

The publisher and designer of UPPERCASE Magazine is long-time acquaintance, fellow Calgarian, and creative powerhouse, Janine Vangool. She rocks. https://mastodon.ie/@mtechman/115344330301977387

It’s me, stumbling around the kitchen (my ghost install) trying to find the coffee (my ability to write words about networks in this wild year). Which is to say: Still here, still hammering away on a lot of things. Still don’t know what will happen! […]

Damn, this is a wonderful read from @klim on the why-now of their latest release, Die Grotesk, a Helvetica-revival. But even more, it’s a honest look on creativity, craft, resistance and acceptance. I came up in design at the same time and shared so many of these […] [Original post on typo.social]

📢 New work: I created a microsite for DJR’s type family Megazoid. https://djr.com/megazoid This was a super fun project with one of my favorite type designers. I love that we got to be BIG and colorful. I wrote up a short post about the project and DJR’s library […]

Hot damn! Good buddy Rob Weychert has relaunched his site and it’s full of beautiful details. He wrangled nearly everything he’s ever written online into an archivist’s garden (including from many defunct services). The design is slick too — I love the use of OH no’s Degular type family and the […]

The latest version of @Iconfactory’s app Tot came out this week and it’s great! I use it regularly throughout my week as a holding area to stash little notes, quick lists, or draft up messages to post elsewhere. Such a nice little text utility that you can use dozens of different ways. Also […]

My SMS spam is getting weirder.

I spotted some (I think) letterpress job cases in the background of last night’s Alien: Earth episode, but I don’t recognize them. Not the California layout. Seems similar to some Thompson cases I’ve found online. Can anyone identify them? cc @nicksherman

🧵 Small thread, just because! I love pencils. I love drawing and writing with them, the smell when you sharpen them, and how damn pleasing they are to pick up anytime and get ideas out of your head. They are my favorite creative tool, bar none.