📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

#NoKings Cincinnati

People perceive thickness of letters very individually, and that’s why we are conducting Font Weight Survey to understand the regional preferences of font weight. Could we ask you for 10 min of your time? The findings will be published publicly once we have some results. tptq.com/weight

LetterExchange, The Art Workers’ Guild in London, October 15 I will talk about the lettering for the Amsterdam University Library. letterexchange.org/events

"…the main purpose of architecture is to provide surfaces for typography." Polemic! 🍿Fun and interesting things to read in the fresh NEWSLTR №18 Archives here → buttondown.com/letterror/ar... ✏️ Sign up for free! #lettering #fonts #type #architecture

Amsterdam University Library letters catching the sun. Nieuwe Doelenstraat, across from De Jaren, if you want to have a beer while looking at Martinus Nijhoff. Read about the design: letterror.com/uva/index.html

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole! ...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance. 🧵 A thread:

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Since this seems to have found an audience: hello! Fonts are made by humans and (mostly) sold by small businesses — if you’re going to pirate something (like assets for an anti-piracy ad campaign, for example), there are probably other options to consider first <3

The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.

TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language.

Sign up for the LettError newsletter! buttondown.com/letterror #type #lettering #fonts #typography #letterror #newsletter

An update for LTR Very Bauble! The OG characterset was a bit sparse, so I added about 2500 more! All animated with lines, thorns and pips. One axis, five masters. These were already having a party and now they are having a ball. #ad #update #tuscan #variablefont ‪letterror.com/verybauble/index…‬

Reminded today that Women in Type (Fiona Ross, Alice Savoie) is such a wonderful and important project. 🙏 www.women-in-type.com

(This is the entire marketing plan for LettError Type in one compact image / catalog and logo.)

Last December, TypeToday's @ruderman asked me lots of thoughtful questions and I did my best to reply. But there are drawings and some excellent letters drawn in imaginative and novel styles. So there's that! @typetodaynews

The most up to date website who collect new fonts releases is this one by Dan Burzo. 💪 type-atlas.xyz/news/

If you're on MacOS Sequoia, and you're used to clicking on the Desktop to get hold of the Finder, check SysPrefs / Desktop & Dock / Desktop & Stage Manager / Show Items: ☑️ On Desktop. #apple #macos #sequoia #systempreferences #desktop #finder

A 10 second animation made by Lars van Blokland and me is part of the DEMO festival on January 30th. On all 9:16 screens in The Netherlands! https://demofestival.com/designers/lars-2b-erik-van-blokland Locations: https://demofestival.com/location #demofestival […] [Original post on typo.social]

Some typographic news to read on this Friday afternoon while we ease into a weekend? NEWS LTR №13: This & That is in your mailbox, and also right here: https://buttondown.com/letterror/archive/news-ltr-no-13-this-that/ #mailinglist #newsletter #typography #pots

Typo.social has no fact checkers on contract, but I know you will call out bullshit when you see it. This is an invite to sign up to the LTR Newsletter if you haven't already. Commercial motives clearly on the table, this is an #ad. If you like seeing my work […] [Original post on typo.social]

If you search with Google instead of DuckDuckGo (which you shouldn’t), use udm14.com for #AI⁠-free search results (via @sayadaramdial.bsky.social)

You might want to read about Jimmy The Raven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_(raven)?wprov=sfti1 #wonderful

Amy and Nina have brought me on board to help out with this project and can I just say that it is an *absolute joy* ❤️ bikini-books.com/products/alp...

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE TO ALL WHO OBSERVE! (Happy summer solstice to the rest of you.)

Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.

Looking for a late gift for your typography friends? Fontstand gift cards, here we go! 🎁 (you can choose any value, and they never expire!). fontstand.com/cards Feeling generous? You can also invite your friends to #fontstandcon2025!

📘 I 🖤 this book and I wrote about it for the Book Cover Review so you can 🥰 it too. The Unsophisticated Arts by Barbara Jones https://bookcoverreview.co.uk/reviews/the-unsophisticated-arts #books #review #cover #barbarajones #unsophisicatedarts b

Astronomy tells us the days will get longer soon. It is hard to measure, maybe they're wrong this time. But. There are lettershaped cookies in the kitchen, and I made tea. Whatever it is you listen to these days, enjoy it! #charliebrown #nutcracker #tchaikovsky […] [Original post on typo.social]

Diagram of the skeletal system of the portly Tuscan. #type #tuscan #drawing #bones #teeth

Apropos of nothing, here is a colorful designspace that loops in a Decemberish gloomy, yet colorful (there might be some hope) edgy way. @drawBot #mutatormath #designspaces

This is a project I have been a part of: lettering on the walls of the UvA library in Amsterdam. 23 languages. The engineers, printers, polishers, architects, managers, linguists, and a handful of type designers worked together to make something amazing. Read more here: letterror.com/uva/index.html

LTR Very Bauble. You don't actually have to animate it. You also don't have to use it as a variable font. Old fashioned OTF on offer as well. But you do want to use it because it is very pretty. #typedesign #newfonts #typography #tuscan #verybauble #animation #animatedtype