Paul van der Laan

@paulvanderlaan@typo.social
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Founding Partner and Chief Font Fixer @boldmonday type foundry
Teacher at KABK @TypeMedia
Retro computing enthusiast
locationDen Haag (NL)
websitehttps://www.boldmonday.com
The Daily Show still does good satire I think. But Lucas did not deserve to be treated this way. And they mistook the nibs on the blackboard for candles!

I’m really tired of the Times New Roman BS that has hit the meanstream for the last two days. But! Seeing Lucas de Groot featured on the Daily Show – where they do crack some jokes at his expense – is still unbelievable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gehExUyNkm8

Trump Goes “Captain Phillips” on Venezuelan Tanker & MAGA Purges "Woke" Fonts | The Daily Show

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cultures offended by certain fonts
❝But you can take solace in the fact that you aren’t alone. The world is filled with cowards who won’t cancel their account.❞
https://thehardtimes.net/music/new-spotify-wrapped-feature-shows-how-much-of-your-money-went-to-funding-ai-warfare-technology/
New Spotify Wrapped Feature Shows How Much of Your Money Went to Funding AI Warfare Technology

Spotify released its popular annual year-end “Wrapped” feature which gives users a snapshot of their music and podcast listening trends along with a new feature that shows how much of their money went to fund AI warfare technology.

HARDTIMES

To finish the year, @ceci_dcd and I are releasing another experimental project called BM Neon. We tried to push the boundaries of what a variable COLRv1 font can be.

BM Neon comes as three variable fonts. Each font holds at its core a specific type of gradient: Linear, Radial and Sweep. These can be manipulated via axes. In browsers, the colours can even be changed! @Adobe & @Figma when will this be possible in software??

If interested, there is some more info about the project on our website.

New Release — Pim! Monospaced and inspired by vintage Dutch signage, Pim combines playful shapes, swashes, ornaments, and pictograms in both Latin and Cyrillic. Bold, tight, and full of personality. Perfect for headlines, posters, or fun typographic experiments. Available in three weights plus an inline style. To celebrate the release of Pim, all styles are available with a 30% discount until 5 January 2026!

https://www.boldmonday.com/typefaces/pim

Meanwhile, in Minecraft...

#zxspectrum #retrogaming #minecraft

Open Day at @TypeMedia in The Hague. Here at the Royal Academy of Art, it is always a pleasure to see the work in progress of the new batch of students. They started in September.
#typemedia
I asked #Gemini #nanobanana to generate me a spread in a type specimen book, wondering what Monotype thinks about Gemini using Helvetica Neue and Futura...