I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.

This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.

https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/

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Here’s what to do: get the latest versions from the App Store, launch the app, and then tap the “I Don’t Need a Refund” button.

What is only a few dollars to you ends up, in aggregate, meaning a ton to these folks who work so hard and bring so much to our computing lives.

From my journal 30 years ago today, Feb 1993. I was crunching with a Broderbund team to finish Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, and starting research for my next game, The Last Express.

My published journal The Making of Prince of Persia (https://jordanmechner.com/books/journals/) ends in January 1993. Since 2023 is the 30th anniversary of POP2's release and Last Express's beginning I thought now would be a good moment to resume my "blog from the past." Here's the first installment.