ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSpotted in my Calishat Snaps: Sweetfont. From the page description: “Sweetfont helps you find the perfect Google Font by exploring axes like playfulness, elegance, and warmth on interactive XY pads.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/26/sweetfont/New-to-me, from Print: Andrew Anderson Has Compiled an Online Archive of the Detroit Legend Ron Signs. “In time, [Andrew Anderson] identified the artist as Ron Miller, and put his collection of about 250 Google Street View screenshots of his signs dating back to 2009 on his website. He also created a virtual Ron Signs map plotting out all of them throughout the city, and published a Twitter […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/23/print-andrew-anderson-has-compiled-an-online-archive-of-the-detroit-legend-ron-signs/
The Marginalian: Alphabet in Motion: Artist Kelli Anderson’s Wondrous Pop-up Biography of the Letters. “Kelli Anderson, maker of material magic, brings that layered history to life in Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape — a large-format two-volume marvel, many years and myriad prototypes in the making, full of paper pulleys and accordion delights that illustrate the biography of […]
Spotted in Calishat Snaps: Font Generator. “Convert your regular letters into pretty fonts ✨ and copy and paste from hundreds of cute text options.” There’s also a section for number fonts and another section for text decorations.
9to5 Google: Google releases its ‘Google Sans Flex’ font to the public . ” Through the Google Fonts website, Google Sans Flex is now available for download. This is the font you’ll find across Google products, including on Pixel phones in some areas of the software. This is also the font used as the base of the ‘Rounded’ variant used in Material 3 Expressive. It was first released in 2023.”
The Pudding: What if you could search every visible word on New York City’s streets?. “This is possible because media artist Yufeng Zhao fed millions of publicly-available panoramas from Google Street View into a computer program that transcribes text within the images (anyone can access these Street View images; you don’t even need a Google account!).”
Microsoft Design: Introducing Kermit: A typeface for kids. “To help young readers of all skill levels, we’re introducing Kermit, a child-friendly typeface created by the type design studio Underware. Kermit is a friendly and approachable font that encourages children of all skill levels to read, even if they are anxious about their abilities.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/introducing-kermit-a-typeface-for-kids-microsoft/
RTE: ‘Irish heritage’ – tracking down Dublin’s historic street signs. “Researchers at Trinity College Dublin are calling on the public to help them track down the capital’s old street signs to document them before they disappear. The bilingual green and white signs, which feature the old Irish font Cló Gaelach, date back to the turn of the 20th century and are believed to have been […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/rte-irish-heritage-tracking-down-dublins-historic-street-signs/
Marcin Wichary: The hardest working font in Manhattan. “It’s hard to believe today that there was a time before I knew of Gorton and all its quirks and mysteries. The first time I realized the font even existed was some time in 2017, when I was researching for my book about the history of typing.” This is a massive but wonderful essay. If you’re at all interested in fonts or typography, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/20/marcin-wichary-the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/
New-to-me, from Boing Boing: Game Font Library is a library of game fonts. “Wondering what typeface was used in any given video game? Charlotte Couderc’s Game Font Library is exactly what it claims to be. You can search by game, genre, studio, typeface or even foundry.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/15/boing-boing-game-font-library-is-a-library-of-game-fonts/