hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #693 (2025-08-12): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop features 3 free fonts: Google Sans Code, Spline Sans Mono, and Danfo.

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  • Drop #692 (2025-08-08): Counting Sheep

    Today’s late Drop introduces “rawk,” an enhanced AWK compiler with modern features, discusses the accessibility benefits of the CSS pseudo-element “::after” for click targets, and explains “Markdown Monster,” a decision tree for identifying different Markdown parsers.

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  • Drop #690 (2025-08-06): It’s All A Game To You, Isn’t It

    Today’s Drop discusses three online games aimed at enhancing visual perception and design skills. “Hued” challenges players to match daily color hues; “It’s Centred That” tests visual precision with dot alignment; and “Can’t Unsee” sharpens attention to UI/UX differences in design choices. Each game emphasizes detail and creativity in design.

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  • Drop #689 (2025-08-05): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop looks at three topics: Flexflex, a JavaScript library that reshapes uppercase letters within defined boundaries; Fit, a variable font emphasizing geometric design and space usage; and the concept of overshoots, which ensures visual balance in letterforms.

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  • Drop #686 (2025-07-29): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop discusses the evolution and modern usage of hyphens and dashes. It highlights the complexity of hyphenation in web design, emphasizing the importance of language context for proper hyphenation. We also acquiesce to the use of en dashes over em dashes for phrase separation and introduce the dashing free font…

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  • Drop #683 (2025-07-22): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop features SimSun, Common.otf, and EB Garamond. SimSun, the default Chinese font, became iconic due to its functionality despite criticism. Common.otf challenges copyright by fusing familiar fonts, questioning ownership in design. EB Garamond preserves Claude Garamond’s legacy, evolving through collaboration and accessibility, bridging tradition and modernity.

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  • Drop #681 (2025-07-17): Front and Center

    Today’s Drop explores 3 resources focusing on front-end technology. David Gerrells demonstrates JavaScript’s potential through a simulation of 20 million particles, while canidev.tools offers a comprehensive guide to DevTools across browsers. Jo Wood highlights modern color spaces’ importance in visual storytelling and data visualization, urging continued exploration of evolving technologies.

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  • Drop #680 (2025-07-15): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop looks at the evolution and significance of the Proxima Nova typeface, designed by Mark Simonson, which has gained popularity over four decades. It also highlights Atlassian’s typography system, and features a fun freebie font: King Sans.

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  • Drop #678 (2025-07-08): Typography Tuesday

    The typography-centric edition of the Drop discusses the significance of typeface names, highlighted by a graphic on etymology. It explores Zohran Mamdani’s campaign typography, which employed bold designs and vibrant colors, breaking traditional norms. Lastly, Setup Type Lab offers unfinished font families as beta versions for real-world testing, promoting experimentation in type design.

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  • Drop #673 (2025-06-30): Long[er] Form Monday

    Today’s Drop discusses the shortcomings of relying on LLMs in development, positing they may highlight poor tooling rather than technological progress. It also reviews Cloudflare’s secure video conferencing platform, Orange, and addresses the unsettling trend of businesses replacing human imagery with AI avatars, reflecting a diminishing emphasis on human value.

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