#typography

Dave RahardjaI’m a little saddened by the gradual embiggening of font sizes on desktop computers over the past 25 years, mostly thanks to the web. Going from 11–13 pt as the standard systemwide font, to the 15–20 pt standard found on websites, is wasting so much real estate. Not only does this make system text look tiny next to web content, window chrome has gradually grown to balance out the appearance of web content as it takes over the desktop, with bigger and bigger swaths of empty margins to make the visuals work better.Going back and forth between high-density system text and web content is jarring. I also miss my real estate. My 16 inch display feels just as cramped as my 14 inch display 20 years ago.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UI</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fonts</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#web</a>

kcǃCheck out this fun <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> project where they designed a bunch of free-to-use check marks that match popular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fonts</a>. (Scroll down to the beige area to download the EPS files!)<a href="https://bureau.ru/en/projects/galochki/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bureau.ru/en/projects/galochki/</a>

Tucker McKnightI found some Comic Sans in real life, where do I report this?<a href="https://saltylike.us/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://saltylike.us/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a>

black_bike (Harald Schwarz)<a href="https://en.osm.town/@amapanda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@amapanda</a> Soviel zu tun für Gendersterne ⭐❗ und mehr...Platz reservieren im Unicode CosmosPlatz frei schaufeln im ASCII 8Bit SpacePlatz frei kämpfen im ASCII 7Bit SpaceGute *-Ligaturen in Standard-Fonts gestaltenGute Ligaturen in Standard-Fonts einbauenNutzung der Ligaturen in Texten anwendenBedeutung der Sterne lebenImpossible - But we are specialized in realizing the impossible ! 🌈 💪 ❤️ <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/font" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#font</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ligatur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ligatur</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/unicode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unicode</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ascii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ascii</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/star" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#star</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/stars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stars</a>

black_bike (Harald Schwarz)Sonntagnachmittagsgedanken zu Gendersternchen ⭐ 🌟 ✨ 🌈 Diese Sternchen, Binnenmajuskeln und viele andere Möglichkeiten sind absolut notwendig.Aber nicht schön, störend, den Textfluß hemmend. Ja, manchmal muss das so sein!Für den Alltagsgebrauch brauchen wir aber eine schöne smoothe Lösung.Können fähige Typograf*Innen da nicht mal tolle Ligaturen entwerfen ?Haben wir im Laufe der Jahrhunderte mit & und ß doch auch geschafft.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/idee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idee</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/typografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typografie</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ligatur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ligatur</a>

Dan WagstaffJuly's book covers post is up on the blog:<a href="https://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2025/07/25/book-covers-of-note-july-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2025/07/25/book-covers-of-note-july-2025/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookcovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a>

Stan CareyStanley Kubrick's favourite typeface was Futura Extra Bold. He also liked Helvetica and Univers.Kubrick wasn't into serifs, though he once acknowledged the beauty of Bembo. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/StanleyKubrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StanleyKubrick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fonts</a>

Inautilo<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Development</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Techniques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Techniques</a> Designing for user font-size and zoom · Using modern CSS units and math functions <a href="https://ilo.im/165luy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ilo.im/165luy</a>_____ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ModernCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ModernCSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Typography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FluidType" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FluidType</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fonts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zoom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Browser</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Frontend</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CssUnits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CssUnits</a>

me·ta·phil, der<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Scribus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scribus</a> is a (*the*) <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#floss</a> desktop-publishing <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dtp</a> software and totally underrated.What can I say … it really grew on me. It gets the *job* done. With a fraction of the (monetary, computational and cognitive) resources a (*the*) competitor would need. 🌱 🌐 <a href="https://www.scribus.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scribus.net</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CMYK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CMYK</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/prepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prepress</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pdf</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/alternativeTo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alternativeTo</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#floss</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libre</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BuyEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuyEuropean</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GraphicsDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraphicsDesign</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mediengestaltung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mediengestaltung</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/typesetting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typesetting</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pagemaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pagemaking</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/printdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printdesign</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/framemaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#framemaker</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/indesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#indesign</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pagemaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pagemaker</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/greencomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greencomputing</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a>

cm0002“I Am the Gap Between Knowing and Saying”: The En Dash Responds to the Em Dash <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/33343114" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lemmy.world/post/33343114</a>

Steve Dallape ☑️ 🌎<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vintage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neon</a> sign for the Old Dutch Hotel in Washington, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Missouri</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neonsigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neonsigns</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/graphicdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphicdesign</a>

inspirationgridA Playful Botanical Alphabet by Laurynas Kamarauskas <a href="https://theinspirationgrid.com/a-playful-botanical-alphabet-by-laurynas-kamarauskas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theinspirationgrid.com/a-playful-botanical-alphabet-by-laurynas-kamarauskas/</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/DesignInspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DesignInspiration</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/DesignInspo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DesignInspo</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inspiration</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/InspirationGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InspirationGrid</a>

Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.Oh, I love a good old-style, half-slashed Ø!<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/TypographyInTheWild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypographyInTheWild</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Typography</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/%C3%98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ø</a>

Keith SoltysThis week's Featured Links post has links to articles about a 5-day walk across Toronto, a deep dive into inequality by Paul Krugman, an interview with Terry Gilliam on the 40th anniversary of BRAZIL, and more. <a href="https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/07/featured-links-july-22-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://coredump3.blogspot.com/2025/07/featured-links-july-22-2025.html</a><a href="https://twit.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Finance</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Funny</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Language</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medical</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Movies</a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TV</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SFF</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Society</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Software</a>, <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Typography</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDof the words. "Parliament" is in a gothic script. "Owls" has an owl eye for 'o' and the remaining letters are feathered. The owls are, right to left and top to bottom: the Eastern screech, Northern saw-whet, long-eared, Barred, Great Horned and the American Barn owls.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/owls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#owls</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/termsOfVenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#termsOfVenery</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/screechOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screechOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/GreatHornedOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreatHornedOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BarnOwl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BarnOwl</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a> <a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4337673774" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4337673774</a>

Fabian N. T.Aaaaand, it happened again.I just upgraded to <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fedora</a> 42 (I know, I know, quite late … reasons!) and <a href="https://floss.social/tags/GNOME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNOME</a> 48 and was pleasantly surprised by the look of the new system font.*research research*It’s called Adwaita Sans – a custom variant of … of course … Inter.<a href="https://floss.social/tags/InterIsTheNewHelvetica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InterIsTheNewHelvetica</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fonts</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a>

Murray GM - Paperpostswas looking at a vintage folding rule my partner has. it’s one of those beautifully crafted wooden, boxwood and brass tools. it’s by Hockley Abbey (John Rabone and Sons tools in Birmingham, UK). common thing as they were making 27,000 a week by 1945! but it’s the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/numerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#numerals</a> that i’m taken by, look at the curls on the 2 and 3. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/vintageTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintageTools</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/vernacular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vernacular</a>

le sillon fictionnelClaude Garamont On peut parfois se croire seul. Ma passion pour la typographie ressemble davantage à une marotte qu’à quelque chose d’utile dans la vie de tous les jours. Surtout, les horreurs typographiques qui nous agressent quotidiennement finissent par altérer notre capacité à discerner ce qui est, ou non, typographiquement beau.Lire la suite sur le 🌊 <a href="https://sillon-fictionnel.club/post/claude-garamont/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sillon-fictionnel.club/post/claude-garamont/</a><a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/lecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lecture</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/livre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#livre</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/typographie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typographie</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#livres</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/garamond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#garamond</a> <a href="https://paperbay.org/tags/garamont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#garamont</a> par <a href="https://paperbay.org/@a" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@a</a>

Jack Yan (甄爵恩)Trying out the more recent ITC Galliard Pro fonts from 2006. The Galliard CC that I licensed directly from Matthew Carter and Cherie Cone in 1992 is superior in every way except for the access to alternative characters. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a>

Alex 🔧🔮🌎🪿:honk:Did you ever want a font that screamed "these characters are affected by gravity"? Labil Grotesk is for yo⸦!<a href="https://www.kometa.xyz/typefaces/labil-grotesk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kometa.xyz/typefaces/labil-grotesk/</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a>

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