This is kind of fantastic: Ribbie lets you watch actual MLB baseball games “rendered pitch by pitch in a cozy 8-bit view while they happen”.
Ribbie is a simple way to keep a live baseball game nearby. It shows the score, the bases, the count, and a tiny pixel field that moves with the real game.
I built it because I wanted something between a stats tab and a full broadcast. Something you…
Today's sleep-deprived-originated Typography Tuesday features Lilex, a ligature-enhanced font, and D.I.Y. ’75, a typewriter font derived from 1970s fanzine materials. It also highlights FontBob’s interactive game that teaches type design through hands-on practice, encouraging users to create and optically correct their own alphabets.
Go beyond balance. Learn how text-wrap: pretty improves readability, reduces awkward breaks, and makes your UI feel more polished.
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Operation Storm-1516, discovered in August 2023 and named by Microsoft,is a campaign that involves creating websites that impersonate media outlets , copying their style, and also impersonating journalists who work…
Another distraction from improving user experience
Another distraction from improving user experience
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A curated collection of the best in contemporary type design Elliot is back with a new typography book! Elliot Jay Stocks
John Baskerville was an influential 18th-century printer and type designer; you’ve probably used (or at least heard of) the Baskerville typeface. Cambridge University has the original punches1 used to create his signature typeface and has made high-res digital photos of them available online. If you, like me, are not familiar with how lead type was made back in the day, an explanation of what a…
Today's typography-centric edition of the Drop discusses the role of typography as a uniquely human design element amidst an advancing "AI" landscape. It emphasizes that tools like "AI" struggle to replicate the nuance and cultural significance of human-crafted typefaces. Featured fonts include Television Sans, inspired by 1980s ads, and Sobremesa, designed for warmth and comfort.
Chip, badge, pill, tag, lozenge, how about none?
Chip, badge, pill, tag, lozenge, how about none?
Today's typography-focused drop features three highlights: M PLUS 1 Code, an open-source programming font from Japan known for its monospaced Latin and CJK support; FontPlop, apps for converting TTF/OTF fonts to web formats; and Font Gauntlet, a browser tool for proofing and animating variable fonts with local caching.
Today's Drop introduces FontBo, a browser-based font editor designed by Carl's Type, providing a user-friendly alternative to complex professional tools. It offers a free tier with full features, and a paid Pro tier for additional privacy and support. The featured font, Geomini, is a compact geometric typeface optimized for UI design, showcasing clean lines and balanced metrics.
This is awesome and clever. Minneapolis designer Abby Haddican has made a typeface called Times New Resistance. The letters are identical to Times New Roman (and it even appears as such in font menus, except there’s “an extra space between the words Times and New”) but when you type with it, it autocorrects a list of words: “For example, the word ICE autocorrects to the Goon Squad and the word…
In modern cars, text is no longer read but registered. Letters function like icons, designed for saccades, speed, and cognitive restraint.
Be careful of the shiny new things.
Be careful of the shiny new things.
Uniformly reducing headings for smaller screens.
Uniformly reducing headings for smaller screens.
Swapping to Inter for better readability, adding KaTeX support, and refining prose styling.
Wrangling text and the CSS behind it all.
Wrangling text and the CSS behind it all.
Pixels or font size for dimensions, and when.
Pixels or font size for dimensions, and when.
Changing what I thought I knew about typesetting.
Changing what I thought I knew about typesetting.
Modern CSS unlocks some wishful visual treatments.
Modern CSS unlocks some wishful visual treatments.
A quick exploration of naming typography components