Tilmann Hielscher

@Tilmann@typo.social
296 Followers
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210 Posts
#TypeDesign, #GraphicDesign, #Lettering, #Illustration
Berlin, Germany
Tilmann Hielscher4d ago
Die Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee sucht eine neue Professor:in für Typografie:
https://www.academics.de/jobs/professur-w3-fuer-visuelle-kommunikation-mit-schwerpunkt-typografie-m-w-d-x-weissensee-kunsthochschule-berlin-berlin-1099945
Professur (W3) für Visuelle Kommunikation mit Schwerpunkt Typografie (m/w/d/x) - Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin

Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin bietet Stelle als Professur (W3) für Visuelle Kommunikation mit Schwerpunkt Typografie (m/w/d/x) in Berlin - jetzt bewerben!

Tilmann Hielscher5d ago
sam henri gold6d ago

Figured out how to apply any arbitrary SF Symbol to a folder in Tahoe.

xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"camera.viewfinder"}' some/folder/here

It also works with private symbol names!

Tilmann HielscherJul 7
Lalon SanderJul 7
The Weather Service office in central Texas, where flooding killed more than 50 people, was short twice as many workers as when Trump took office. Specifically, the warning coordination meteorologist's position was eliminated by the new administration: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk8.9UZ2.7ASd3tlSxISe
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.

The New York Times
Tilmann HielscherJul 6
ertdfgcvbJul 6

X-Y-Z, chapter 3

The ‘font’ previously extracted from the screen’s firmware is streamed back as geometry.
Also: added polygon-clipping.

Tilmann HielscherJun 18
molly clareJun 18

ANYONE???? HERE WE ARE! OVER HERE, WITH THE MACBOOKS. LET US SHOW YOU OUR USER JOURNEYS!

(via @juliaro)

Tilmann HielscherMay 15
FlorinMay 15
Explaining the scroll bar (from the first Macintosh manual)
#Apple #Macintosh #UX
Tilmann HielscherMay 5
Datavis BerlinMay 5

📊 #datavis #job:

Senior Graphics Reporter at NPR: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpublicradioinc/jobs/4559837005?gh_src=f78153425us

Senior Graphics Reporter

Remote

Tilmann HielscherApr 29
FloApr 29
Huh. An #InDesign AMA on Reddit with InDesign team members from around the world. That should be … intense. https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/comments/1kabjlm/adobe_indesign_team_live_24hr_qa_upcoming_event/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Tilmann HielscherApr 5
Ulli LustApr 5
My migration campaign on insta and facebook with tips for newcomers in the Fediverse.
#fediverse #movetofediverse #mastodonmigration
Tilmann HielscherMar 28
The fallacy of engaging with people who constantly repeat the same staunchly held contrarian beliefs online is thinking that engagement could result in any kind of insight for anybody involved. In reality it’s usually just bait for more staunchly held contrarian beliefs.
I’ve seen it so many times and still have urge to engage.
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sam henri gold6d ago

Figured out how to apply any arbitrary SF Symbol to a folder in Tahoe.

xattr -w 'com.apple.icon.folder#S' '{"sym":"camera.viewfinder"}' some/folder/here

It also works with private symbol names!

Show threadsam henri gold6d ago
also because emoji labels are just handled as strings, you can put anything in the emoji config thing.
Show threadCyril Zakka, MD6d ago
@samhenrigold I believe @dlx had also open sourced a similar tool
Show threadsam henri gold6d ago
@czakka @dlx i contributed to it, actually! haha. i think it holds the record for fastest “Time to Sherlock”
Show threadideaPDish6d ago

@samhenrigold

While I was sharing your hack, someone showed me how to go open info on a folder, then drag a svg onto the info wondow, and it becomes the default image for that folder....

Then I played around a little, and found that I could add, throuth edit and insert on the title field in the info dialog, and I can add an emoji rught there..... So, thanks!

Show threadFurbland's Very Cool Mastodon™6d ago
@samhenrigold this seems far too complicated than it ought to be. then again, in windows you need icons in a ICO or DLL (or EXE, or anything else that can hold icons in that format really) to use them as custom icons for folders or shortcuts
Show threadГригорий Клюшников5d ago
Furbland's Very Cool Mastodon™, in macOS you could also set a custom .icns for a folder or a disk since about forever
Show threadtoo many names6d ago
@samhenrigold Technically this also requires setting the folder as having a custom icon, which the xattr alone is not enough.
Show threadsam henri gold5d ago
@mikeymikey maybe try this mdls flag? that’s the only other metadata i observed that changes when you set an icon
Show threadtoo many names5d ago

@samhenrigold Custom icon is a Carbon-era filesystem flag. GetFileInfo and SetFile (if you have developer tools installed) will let you toggle it on a stock macOS install directly if you don't go the route of pasting in a custom icon / using APIs to configure a file's icon

I would not be surprised it maps to FinderInfo since that's the name of the struct member

Show threadtoo many names5d ago

@samhenrigold

kHasCustomIcon: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreservices/1429609-anonymous/khascustomicon?language=objc

finderInfo within FSCatalogInfo, which is used by FSGetCatalogInfo/FSSetCatalogInfo: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreservices/fscataloginfo/1565807-finderinfo?language=objc

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn/tn1150.html

https://medium.com/@elifront/programmatically-set-custom-icons-for-macos-applications-using-extended-file-attributes-without-011c34e615f5

kHasCustomIcon | Apple Developer Documentation

There's never been a better time to develop for Apple platforms.

Apple Developer Documentation
Show threadLucas Garron6d ago
@samhenrigold oooooh, great find. Definitely making a note to check that out! https://github.com/lgarron/folderify/issues/80#issuecomment-3054417328
Add option to use an SF Symbol as input · Issue #80 · lgarron/folderify

I am using this project to get the icons in the Finder sidebar styled. While it is possible to use completely custom icons for this, the recommended way is to use Apple's built-in SF Symbols. I am ...

GitHub