Mastodawn

Typographica Sep 17, 2023

There’s really no excuse for offering revivals of typefaces without mention of source material (leaving aside any due diligence in contacting the original designer/estate), but this has become a sort of Instagram standard.

I can’t understand how you can soak in gobs of 🔥😍👏 knowing that you’re deceiving your followers.

One such designer told me they didn’t think IG was the right place for descriptions. And yet their website has no info and they sell directly in an IG shop 🤔.

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Ryan Bugden 2d ago

I’ve sat on a revival of a relatively obscure typeface for years, feeling I didn’t yet know enough about the original designer or context. A very close revival was released—presented as an original work, with no visible citation of the source.

It’s left me thinking about how territorial the type community can be, shown both in the omission of source material (implicitly claiming another designer’s work), and, admittedly, in my own frustration at seeing it released.

Cite your sources!

Ryan Bugden Jun 9

Lucas Le Bihan Jun 9

I am confused by the fact that it became normal for some publishers (Slanted, Offcuts…) to ask us to pay to feature our typefaces in a book.

Ryan Bugden May 24

Gabe Schuyler May 23

Announcing: https://justaqrcode.com.

Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.

My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!

#QRcode #Free #FriendlyWeb #Resistance

Just a QR Code

Ryan Bugden May 5

Aleksandra Samuļenkova May 4

Some freshly rejected letters. Rejected by a client for a good reason (not legibility, I swear!), but too dear to be forgotten.

#typography #typedesign #typeface #typographic #type #contemporarytype #fonts #graphicdesign #typespire #letters #customfont #fontdesign #alttype

Ryan Bugden Apr 15

Liv 🐝Apr 15

This is a new level of slimy, there's not even a "not now", just two versions of "yes"

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connor Mar 14

Type Designers: I am available for freelance work — in particular I am looking to do some more python tool development.
I have been building all sorts of custom extensions for @RoboFont, tooling for optimizing kerning large families, proofing tools, and even PDF invoice tools using DrawBot/Google Sheet/Dropbox.
My website has my GitHub link and more work!

https://connordavenport.com/