RE: https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/@beep/116920019244550059 I spend more time than I like thinking about AI use across the design field, how quickly so many have slid into comfort with their use, and what we’re trading now for an unwritten future. I have more feelings about it than useful […]

Good morning from Kelpland. Perhaps you’d like to look at some beautiful seaweed and/or think about knowledge. https://www.wrecka.ge/holdfast-0-situating/

Dang, sad to hear that the Dropbox client Maestral is being retired. I had been putting off switching and got accustomed to using it in place of Dropbox's UI. Looks like I'll need to move before long. I've always mistrusted iCloud after losing data years ago, but maybe it's ok now? I'd also […]

🎉 Looks like the Glyphs 4 public preview is available for download: https://glyphsapp.com/buy

Heading to NYC for the Typographics conference. Come say hi, I’ll have a stack of these stickers to share ✌️ https://jasonsantamaria.com/blog/making-stickers

“I can’t see the future, but I can state a blindingly obvious thing. None of these are questions about technology. These are all questions about work: what it might look like in the future and, most importantly, whether or not the person asking will even have a place in that future.” Nodding […]

I’m lousy at pinball, but I still love the Transformers from my youth 🤖: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQMfllXOFKA

It’s a banner week for web friends’ personal sites! @beep Redesigned his site and there are heaps of nice details: view transitions, background scroll-y secrets, and visited link styles (remember those). Made with the same care as his writing: https://ethanmarcotte.com/ @nazhamid Revived his […]

Why is the camera person slowly shifting their weight between their left and right feet? Can someone please get them a stool or

I was catching up on @letterror’s notes for his recent Action Grotesque and marveling at the 5pt(!) text captions (rendered as 6.66667px). It’s “legible” for me, but that’s also relative (I still need to lean close). It’s wonderfully bonkers that this looks so […] [Original post on typo.social]

📣 I recently made stickers for Loud Room and went down a rabbit hole finding the right printer. If you are looking to make stickers, I have some recommendations! https://jasonsantamaria.com/blog/making-stickers

Fascinating deep research on the origins of Lorem Ipsum. Lots here I didn’t know, including that there were so many holes in its history. We’ve had it all wrong! What a fun ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1PDqzqhM4 Plus a @BijouType cameo!

Interesting peek at @letterformarchive’s upcoming collection of scans of drawings, print outs, and materials from development of Emigre’s fonts. Eve Scarborough led the effort and also shares thoughts on how material like this is becoming scarce these days as so much of the design process is […]

RE: https://typo.social/@JTDType/116647058608051191 Enfilade is a fantastic condensed sans serif family by @JTDType, now with 5 tailored optical sizes. 😍

I’m looking for some new t-shirt designs. I lean towards silkscreened prints over digital, generally not big brand stuff, usually more design/art/abstract/restuarants/games. Send me your favorite recs!

RE: https://typo.social/@Typographics/116568227604486942 Typographics Conference early bird tickets available until this Friday! I’ll be attending this year ✌️

I like this overlapping type treatment throughout the NYT’s feature on the greatest living American songwriters. It works particularly well with their heavier Franklin Gothic, and I appreciate that they did it with live text. (Lots of contributors for the […] [Original post on typo.social]

Pica, a new (to me) font management app for Mac OS by Josh Puckett looks awesome. Especially the feature to drop in an image and see all of your font samples next to it (for font searching during logo design). https://pica.joshpuckett.me/ (Unfortunately, seems to require Tahoe right now)

Another plaintext wireframe tool, lots more prefab tools and export options too. I love these things! https://wiretext.app/

And perhaps just as worrying, investors think this is extremely good. This is all normal and sustainable and normal: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/allbirds-bird-stock-shoes-ai.html

📢 BTW № 5 — RSS is still one of the best opt-in relationships ever invented. Here are some picks from my feeds across fonts, history, and space! Reciprocal RSS links provided where available. https://jasonsantamaria.com/blog/btw-5-simply-syndicated-edition

RE: https://typo.social/@pixelambacht/116381192997863104 I use Wakamai Fondue all the time when designing fonts or digging into details when using fonts. So useful! 👏

My favorite* Adobe thing is when I open Indesign and it ignores my saved workspace profile and just opens a bunch of extra palettes. *it’s actually the worst

Everyone wins! #alttext #accessibility

I’ve always loved this local building supply company logo, mostly because I feel like I’ve spent my whole design life wrangling Js in logos for myself. And this one has a spectacular j! I just noticed they seem to have closed down all locations by me. I still […] [Original post on typo.social]

A friend recommended The Protomen’s latest album (Act III: This City Made Us) and I’ve had it on repeat all week. Syths + conceptual rock opera + guitar solos? check check check Once I can put this one aside I’m going to listen to Act II […]

Oh wow, this is awesome! An ASCII wireframe editor that’s quick and fun to use, and you can also grab what you make as Markdown. Love it! https://www.mockdown.design/

📣 Big Citywide update! I’ve added lowercase to the family, plus over 170 new characters, expanded diacritics and symbols, and a fresh round of refinements to existing letterforms, spacing, and stylistic sets. Free update for existing licenses. https://shop.loudroom.com/products/citywide

Still ⌘S reflexively every so often. No matter how many times an app pops a charming message to tell me that I don’t need to save my files because it’s always saving progress.

I finished reading There Is No Antimemetics Division last night and really enjoyed it. Some mind bending sci-fi where I would sometimes need to flip back a couple pages to wrap my head around the cool turns in the story […]

Lost episode from the original MST3K run on Minneapolis TV found at garage sale and put on YouTube! https://gizmodo.com/mst3k-lost-episode-k03-2000736488

I wasn’t much of a reader when I was young, and often felt self-conscious about it. I loved books, but mostly looking at pictures to draw. I fell in love with reading later in college. One of my kids is now reading on their own. They ask to go to the library to grab a stack of books and then […]

I did well on my first go through, but the salmon-y colors were my downfall: https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/?r=AKohKP___dPx

Any project where I get to have a pencil tucked behind my ear is a good project.

AI proponents are quick to speed past the cost of what goes into making the tools because their ends justify the means. The wholesale pilfering of copyrighted works, the environmental and societal impacts, and now wider use by military in war. Seems like you should be able to draw a line in […]

RE: https://typo.social/@jasonsantamaria/116166140619440045 Realizing now that my current photo aesthetic is veering towards “what if photowalks in The Last of Us”

A few more shots while testing out a borrowed Fujifilm x100v. Still really loving @aphera! But the x100v isn’t the camera for me (form factor is mostly ok, but the sensitive shutter button and unsatisfying leaf shutter drive me nuts).

Signed up to use Adobe apps (begrudgingly) for a project and am plagued by these data access dialogs. Even when I click "Don't Allow" they just prompt again the next time I open an app. This shit is so gross. I don't even know what the apps or Adobe is trying to […] [Original post on typo.social]

Spotted this extremely condescended type on a hotel door sign last weekend. I know it’s not Gorton like many of these pantographed signs, but I couldn’t stop staring at how squished it was. cc @mwichary

I’ve really been enjoying playing with @aphera while also using a borrowed Fujifilm X100V. My photos aren’t anything special, but it’s nice to knock some rust off. Aphera is sitting in the sweet spot for me. Capable and customizable under the hood, while also […] [Original post on typo.social]

🗝️ Who doesn’t love a dungeon crawler?! Help us reach our stretch goal and bring a fun retro-style crawler to Ollie's Arcade! ⚔️. Only a week left on our Kickstarter and we’re so close. If you’ve been on the fence about backing—or just want to help spread […] [Original post on iconfactory.world]

@vicgrinberg teach a person typography and they will suffer from seeing bad typography for life

👋 Say hello to @loudroom, my small design practice focused on craft, learning, and human relationships. https://loudroom.com/

RE: https://indieweb.social/@classicweb/115967072177989705 Blast from the past! This one is still online too: https://v3.jasonsantamaria.com/

AI companies in 2026

I loved playing Ratcheteer on Playdate and will totally play it on Switch in color! https://social.panic.com/@panic/115934533131078064

I'm interested in getting a standalone digital camera again, but feeling lost with options. Things that appeal to me: - Looking through a lens or viewfinder, not a back display - Ability to change lenses (I miss shooting with a couple of prime lenses) - Portability. Small is nice, something I […]

The wonderful @onpaperwings has started a new company to help foundries market their fonts, or consult with design teams on choosing and licensing fonts for their projects. I love this kind of niche getting support from someone with so much depth and context. Congrats, Doug! […]