omg it's #fontober already! every year during the month of october i make one font (well, one alphabet plus some punctuation) a day. good practice for quick drawing. here's my first font, based on a typecooker, a sort of narrow scotchy face with silly proportions in the a, e, and s
October 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
omg it's #fontober already! every year during the month of october i make one font (well, one alphabet plus some punctuation) a day. good practice for quick drawing. here's my first font, based on a typecooker, a sort of narrow scotchy face with silly proportions in the a, e, and s
life imitates @theonion.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4mM...
September 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
life imitates @theonion.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4mM...
one week til fontober!!
September 25, 2026 at 3:47 AM
one week til fontober!!
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Type designer: the space within the cup matches the space between cups
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Type designer: the space within the cup matches the space between cups
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Absurdist: one must imagine the cup happy
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Absurdist: one must imagine the cup happy
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Surrealist: The cup is lined with fur
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Surrealist: The cup is lined with fur
August 26, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Type designer: the space within the cup matches the space between cups
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Type designer: the space within the cup matches the space between cups
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Today marks 50 years since the world premiere of Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich on April 24, 1976, at New York’s Town Hall, performed by Steve Reich and Musicians.
April 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Today marks 50 years since the world premiere of Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich on April 24, 1976, at New York’s Town Hall, performed by Steve Reich and Musicians.
the design of everyday things (1988)
Hey artists, if you see this, post a dog
April 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
the design of everyday things (1988)
oh hey it’s me letterformarchive.org/news/type-we...
Type West Alumni Spotlight: 2024–2025
The Archive’s type design program turns 10 this year! Take a look at what a half-dozen recent grads created during their time here.
letterformarchive.org
March 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
oh hey it’s me letterformarchive.org/news/type-we...
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February 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
huge congrats to the @letterformarchive.org type west class of 2025! a feast of creative type design typewest.letterformarchive.org/2025/
Type West 2025
Type West is a postgraduate certificate program in type design available in-person in San Francisco and online to students worldwide. This website is presented by the Type West 2025 Online Cohort.
typewest.letterformarchive.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 AM
huge congrats to the @letterformarchive.org type west class of 2025! a feast of creative type design typewest.letterformarchive.org/2025/
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Happy belated birthday to the best character in Mahjong Soul, who is allowed to eat as many tiles as he wants
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Happy belated birthday to the best character in Mahjong Soul, who is allowed to eat as many tiles as he wants
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My sincere wish for all of us in 2026 is we all keep makin' art! Good, bad, stinky – it doesn't matter! Let's keep making things. ✏️💨
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My sincere wish for all of us in 2026 is we all keep makin' art! Good, bad, stinky – it doesn't matter! Let's keep making things. ✏️💨
ambient maria is live now to 9 pm pacific with a special holiday sunday sundowns! tune in twitch.tv/theambientma...
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
ambient maria is live now to 9 pm pacific with a special holiday sunday sundowns! tune in twitch.tv/theambientma...
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Pokemon is basically a thing Nintendo does where once every couple of years they release a new set of character designs and I get to enjoy cute fanart based on these character designs for the next two years. Allegedly, a video game is somehow involved somewhere
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pokemon is basically a thing Nintendo does where once every couple of years they release a new set of character designs and I get to enjoy cute fanart based on these character designs for the next two years. Allegedly, a video game is somehow involved somewhere
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January 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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we're so back. youtu.be/aDl3cwrpz_U?...
Erik Hall - "Music for a Large Ensemble" (Steve Reich)
YouTube video by westernvinyl
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
we're so back. youtu.be/aDl3cwrpz_U?...
all the A's i drew for #fontober 2025 (and an accurate representation of my mental state afterwards lol). which one was your favorite?
big thanks to everyone who followed along and provided feedback and encouragement ❤️ let's do it again next year!
big thanks to everyone who followed along and provided feedback and encouragement ❤️ let's do it again next year!
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
all the A's i drew for #fontober 2025 (and an accurate representation of my mental state afterwards lol). which one was your favorite?
big thanks to everyone who followed along and provided feedback and encouragement ❤️ let's do it again next year!
big thanks to everyone who followed along and provided feedback and encouragement ❤️ let's do it again next year!
#fontober day 31 (LAST DAY 🎃): i had zero inspiration this morning so i just made a lowercase to complement the uppercase from yesterday. i like how i was able to reuse the weird serif from C in a/c/r/s. it feels like the headline from an old-timey railroad timetable or almanac
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#fontober day 31 (LAST DAY 🎃): i had zero inspiration this morning so i just made a lowercase to complement the uppercase from yesterday. i like how i was able to reuse the weird serif from C in a/c/r/s. it feels like the headline from an old-timey railroad timetable or almanac
#fontober day 30: the redlick-newman building by 17th and mission in SF (the one that used to have the "17 reasons why!" sign on top) has these blocky geometric letters embedded in the sidewalk out front. i had to fontify them. why is the original N so narrow tho? did they forget about the hyphen?
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#fontober day 30: the redlick-newman building by 17th and mission in SF (the one that used to have the "17 reasons why!" sign on top) has these blocky geometric letters embedded in the sidewalk out front. i had to fontify them. why is the original N so narrow tho? did they forget about the hyphen?
#fontober day 29: my handwriting tends to take a zig-zag form for letters like i/m/n/u (good thing no one else has to read it!) so i made an irregular monolinear italic with a zig-zag rhythm. i was tempted to make 'n' and 'u' identical but i'm not that mean — how would you tell "month" from "mouth"?
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#fontober day 29: my handwriting tends to take a zig-zag form for letters like i/m/n/u (good thing no one else has to read it!) so i made an irregular monolinear italic with a zig-zag rhythm. i was tempted to make 'n' and 'u' identical but i'm not that mean — how would you tell "month" from "mouth"?
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#fontober day 28: the font in the first image is plain old Times, just upside down, right? now look at the second image where i turn it right side up. wtf!! (1/5)
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#fontober day 28: the font in the first image is plain old Times, just upside down, right? now look at the second image where i turn it right side up. wtf!! (1/5)
#fontober day 27: finished the ink traps experiment from yesterday. the traps force some tough decisions — the R has one corner in the crotch because having two traps that close together is too complex. i wish i had more control over which direction they pointed so R/X could look a little less wonky
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#fontober day 27: finished the ink traps experiment from yesterday. the traps force some tough decisions — the R has one corner in the crotch because having two traps that close together is too complex. i wish i had more control over which direction they pointed so R/X could look a little less wonky
#fontober day 26: does it count as a whole alphabet if i draw half of an alphabet in two masters? i think so lol. here i'm using @glyphsapp.com corner components to add variable ink traps to a bold italic sans. i like how the S looks like a slug. gonna try to finish this one tomorrow
October 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
#fontober day 26: does it count as a whole alphabet if i draw half of an alphabet in two masters? i think so lol. here i'm using @glyphsapp.com corner components to add variable ink traps to a bold italic sans. i like how the S looks like a slug. gonna try to finish this one tomorrow
#fontober day 25: designed a narrow lowercase sans with some contrast for the 16-pixel-tall displays over the doors at the ends of the BART car (see image 3). pixel fonts are so hard — there are only a few slopes that look good on a pixel grid so making a satisfactory k/v/w/x/y/z is near impossible
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#fontober day 25: designed a narrow lowercase sans with some contrast for the 16-pixel-tall displays over the doors at the ends of the BART car (see image 3). pixel fonts are so hard — there are only a few slopes that look good on a pixel grid so making a satisfactory k/v/w/x/y/z is near impossible
#fontober day 24: i adore super-high-contrast expansion faces like bodoni black so here's my love letter(s) to them — big ol' ball terminals, hairline serifs, all the f-ligatures. good for book covers and headlines
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#fontober day 24: i adore super-high-contrast expansion faces like bodoni black so here's my love letter(s) to them — big ol' ball terminals, hairline serifs, all the f-ligatures. good for book covers and headlines