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Typography: it matters!

#weird #signs #humor #humour #typography #graphicdesign #kerning

a sign that says Fart Food, but is supposed to say art food. (Fusing visual art & culinary creativity)

307d

I haven’t used Times New Roman since 2008 but I still see it pop up in the wild every now and again. So I made an explainer video about why you should stop using it and what you should use instead. #TypographyNerd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZRr4GZcIY

#typography #fonts #TimesNewRoman

Screenshot of a graphic showing the specific design differences between fonts PT Astra Serif and Times New Roman.

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I think Franklin Gothic is cooler than Helvetica, so I made a video about why you should use it more often. And since the Franklin Gothic font you get with Windows and Office 365 isn’t particularly good, I recommend a few great free and paid alternatives. #TypographyNerd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jv7PiZ_eZU

#fonts #typography

Collage of two images. The image on the left is of a group of people standing on a large outdoor balcony. A sign affixed to the balcony railing reads, "Sheep". Text overlaid on this image reads, "Helvetica" and it points to that sign. The image on the right is of a Bruce Springsteen album cover. It shows a grungy black-and-white photo looking out the front windscreen of a car driving down a dirt road on a flat expanse of land. Large, dark red coloured, all-caps text reads, "Bruce Springsteen" above this image and "Nebraska" below this image. Text overlaid on this album cover art reads, "Franklin Gothic" and points to the text above the image.

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✷ #typography #design #inspiration #forma
✷ https://are.na/block/29976429

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Digging into the "atypography" art movement, really cool so far. Example of "Epetri" atypographic font - it reads "dubtechno."

More stuff + their manual at https://www.atypography.com/

#art #typography

An arrangement of atypographic characters consisting of minimalist black rectangles and blocks that extend down vertically in a tapestry or totemic fashion on a white background.

For instance, the top character, "d," is 5 black vertical monoliths, with the very last rectangle slightly taller than the rest.

Read top to bottom, the script spells "dubtechno."

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42d

if you are under 30 years old and picking a font size for something other people need to read, not just yourself: that’s too small. still too small. A LITTLE BIGGER

#accessibility #ux #typography

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I really like the proposed asterism symbol, ⁂, U+2042 to represent the Fediverse. “In astronomy, it refers to groups of stars in the sky, akin to constellations.”
https://symbol.fediverse.info
I might just add it to my fonts, (and perhaps boot the bitcoin, ₿, U+20BF, while I'm at it) Now to see whether I like hexacles (the bestagons) or pentacles..
#charactersetpolitics #fediverse #fonts #typography

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I've been writing using em dashes since the 1990s. The reason AI uses em dashes is because it was trained on my writing, and that of countless other humans like me.

#AI #AICrap #EmDashes #typography #writing #FuckAI

Meme based on the Breaking Bad Walter White "I am the one who knocks" scene. Walter White has a furious expression on his face as he bellows at his wife Skyler (off-screen). The caption says, "You think I write like AI? Because I use em dashes?! No, Skyler. AI uses em dashes because it writes like me!"

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#SilentSunday #typography

A photograph of a swirl of black geometric letter shapes swirling or floating in some white and light grey abstract cloud shapes outlined with very thin gold lines. It’s very bold and striking without saying anything specific, sort of like a Japanese tattoo art inspired alphabet soup. We’re standing at the edge of a very wide sidewalk looking at this art which has been painted as a giant mural on a storefront that has been boarded up. The building behind that forms a border around the piece is painted a dark black to complement the letter shapes. The grey sidewalk lines in the foreground help lead our gaze to the painted mural on the wall. As we look closer to the details, we notice the mural has been painted on giant sheets of plywood and there are cutouts for doors to get inside? And also a mail slot with the address numbers affixed above in gold retro-styles house numbers. Adding to the composition there are wide elegant shadows projecting across the image, adding a bit of depth and motion to the swirl. In the bottom right corner are what looks like two artist names; Aaron De La Cruz, and (possibly) Jet Martinez. The second is difficult to read because it is a script signature. But thanks to everyone involved in the creation, it’s a lovely vision.

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What’s the Difference Between Straight and Curly Quotation Marks?

Over the years, one became "smart" and the other one "dumb".

https://wordsmarts.com/straight-curly-quotation-marks/

Books about typography at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=typography&submit_search=Search

#typography #grammar

Two curly quotation marks placed diagonally from each other.

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#Introduction post for my own Mastodon instance!

• I’m a 44-year-old jack-of-all-trades.
• I grew up in #HongKong, lived in the #US. My partner of 14 years and I moved to #Taiwan in 2020.
• We are “parents” to one remaining dog.
• I speak 6 #languages, and have dabbled in many others.
• Things I will nerd out about: #Unicode, #typography, #typhoons.
• I am a person of faith, but not a fan of organized religions.
• I type in #Dvorak.
• I curate pop music at @soniccruise.