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  • Drop #788 (2026-10-20): Ink & Insert Mode

    Today’s Drop features Lilly, a terminal editor inspired by Vim, Sumi.css, a classless CSS framework for efficient styling, and Tegaki, a library that animates fonts in handwriting style.

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  • Drop #787 (2026-10-19): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop showcases the Nordwand Mono monospace coding font, the brand new, 0-dep Pele JS library for rendering diagrams, and the restored online Safety Sign Generator tool.

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  • Bonus Drop #130 (2026-10-11): Hodepodge Edition

    The weekend Bonus Drop tries to make up for the Drop gap and discusses various updates, including the transition of the main rud[.]is blog to an Astro 7 static site and new features in Bootstrap version 6. It features a free font, Paper Mono, and reflects on Deno being acquired by Cloudflare, highlighting the challenges…

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  • Bonus Drop #126 (2026-08-09): Typography…Sunday?

    Today’s Bonus (Typography) Drop features TypeStax: a browser-based tool that simplifies typography design by allowing users to set a base font size and scale ratio, automatically adjusting line height and letter spacing based on real font metrics. The application includes a community sharing feature and an impressive export functionality. Additionally, Ioskeley Mono is highlighted as…

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  • Drop #778 (2026-05-05): Typography Tuesday

    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.

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  • Drop #776 (2026-02-25): Typography Tuesday

    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.

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  • Drop #773 (2026-02-17): Typography Tuesday

    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.

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  • Drop #770 (2026-02-10): Typography Tuesday

    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…

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  • Drop #766 (2026-02-03): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Drop features the 2025 Web Almanac’s font section which reveals that 88% of websites use web fonts, with self-hosting at 72% being the leading delivery method. Additionally, fontdata.com offers a practical tool for checking font name availability, while the featured POI Aeronaut font provides unique stylistic alternates.

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  • Drop #763 (2026-01-27): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop introduces Atlas of Type, a curated directory of over 12,000 typefaces from independent foundries. It also showcases Beyond Bézier, a research project exploring alternative type design methodologies; and the featured font Neue DIN, highlighting the innovative “retalic” style.

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