hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #546 (2024-10-29): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of The Drop examines typography’s evolution, highlighting AI-generated drop caps by Gwern Branwen, Figma’s creation of their signature Figma Sans typeface, and the versatile display font LK BULLTOZ.

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  • Drop #541 (2024-10-15): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of The Drop highlights FontTools, a Python library for font manipulation, and OpenType Sanitizer (OTS), which enhances web font security. It also features Anna Giedryś, a graphic designer known for typefaces available on Google Fonts, including Signika and Rasa.

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  • Drop #538 (2024-10-01): Typography Tuesday

    This edition of the Drop features 3 (free!) typography projects: Font Fight!, an interactive platform for comparing coding fonts; U-Bahn Font, an open-source font inspired by Vienna’s U3 digital signage; and The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack, which offers authentic remakes of vintage PC fonts in modern formats.

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  • Drop #535 (2024-09-24): Typography Tuesday

    Discover TODS for optimized web typography, explore vintage font collections in the Internet Archive, and learn about Unicode 16.0’s new characters in this Typography Tuesday edition of the Drop.

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  • Drop #531 (2024-09-17): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop takes another peek into the world of font creation, explores the historical intersection of typography and automation, and showcases a unique (free) display font that challenges our visual perception.

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  • Drop #527 (2024-09-10): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s (well, *yesterday’s*) typography-centric edition of the Drop features accessibility, font evaluation, and San Francisco’s font evolution (and it’s 10th birthday!).

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  • Drop #525 (2024-09-03): Typography Tuesday

    In today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop, get ready to upgrade your terminal and editor game with two free monospace fonts: Departure Mono, inspired by early CLIs & GUIs, and Karsa Mono, designed with a retro digital feel. Plus, dive into the quirky world of font sizes and line heights with “Font Size Is Useless”.…

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  • Drop #521 (2024-08-27): Typography Tuesday

    The Typography Tuesday edition of the Drop focuses on two monospaced fonts and a handy tool for making stylized unicode alphanumeric-esque glyphs (just be careful when/how you use it).

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  • Drop #516 (2024-08-13): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop discusses the creation of a comprehensive pixel font pack by indie game developer Chevy Ray. We also explore the influence of typeface selection on political campaign logos, and highlight the services and offerings of the Letterform Archive, a nonprofit center dedicated to preserving and celebrating graphic design and typography.

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  • Drop #511 (2024-08-06): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop talks about the FontJoy Embedding Projector, a visualization tool for font data exploration. We also 👀 into the lost and rediscovered Pouchée alphabets from the 1820s. And, it features LCT. Sinar, a contemporary free font with a reverse contrast variable style.

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