Jono Lewarne
@cityeditionstudio.co.uk
Graphic design / web development / creative coding / typography. Working across print, pixels & places. Developing sites in Astro, Wordpress & Shopify.
Based at Spike Island in Bristol, UK since 2012. Teaching type at UWE too!
www.cityeditionstudio.co.uk
Based at Spike Island in Bristol, UK since 2012. Teaching type at UWE too!
www.cityeditionstudio.co.uk
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Jono Lewarne
@cityeditionstudio.co.uk
· Nov 21
Hi and welcome to my new followers. I make websites, fun stuff with code, books (sometimes with code!) and site specific installations. Happy to have you along for the journey. I'm going to try to document my thinking and process more than I did on Twitter (😷). This is an accountability post...
This explains why I struggle to read the code I wrote ages ago and skipped commenting…
Thanks @kilianvalkhof.com
piccalil.li/blog/program...
Thanks @kilianvalkhof.com
piccalil.li/blog/program...
Programming principles for self taught front-end developers
The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are...
piccalil.li
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This explains why I struggle to read the code I wrote ages ago and skipped commenting…
Thanks @kilianvalkhof.com
piccalil.li/blog/program...
Thanks @kilianvalkhof.com
piccalil.li/blog/program...
I'm typesetting a dual language publication today, always a fun challenge. InDesign has crashed 16 times. It's fine though. I have had a good idea so I am bulletproof from all of Adobe's stupid little bullets
a man in a black suit and sunglasses is standing in front of a bunch of bullets .
ALT: a man in a black suit and sunglasses is standing in front of a bunch of bullets .
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I'm typesetting a dual language publication today, always a fun challenge. InDesign has crashed 16 times. It's fine though. I have had a good idea so I am bulletproof from all of Adobe's stupid little bullets
Saturday reading
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Saturday reading
Having a nice and chill time updating someone's Wordpress site. Everything is fine.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Having a nice and chill time updating someone's Wordpress site. Everything is fine.
Reposted by Jono Lewarne
Complete CSS has been live for nearly a year now and some of the most important content in the course is now free, for everyone to learn from.
piccalil.li/links/the-en...
piccalil.li/links/the-en...
The entire “Principles” module of Complete CSS is now free
Complete CSS has been live for nearly a year now and some of the most important content in the course is now free, for everyone to learn from.
piccalil.li
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Complete CSS has been live for nearly a year now and some of the most important content in the course is now free, for everyone to learn from.
piccalil.li/links/the-en...
piccalil.li/links/the-en...
So much of my print practice involves working with paper to figure out mechanics and format. Almost always beginning with scraps of paper; torn folded, scribbled on. It's such a valuable part of my process. Think > test > adjust > make.
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
So much of my print practice involves working with paper to figure out mechanics and format. Almost always beginning with scraps of paper; torn folded, scribbled on. It's such a valuable part of my process. Think > test > adjust > make.
Women don't like the vehicle
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Women don't like the vehicle
I often see the word 'kerning' used incorrectly by CSS heads when the term they're actually looking for to describe letter spacing is 'tracking'. Let me explain using CSS terminology!
Tracking is the same as gap in flex layouts; consistent spacing applied across the entire text.
But what if... 🧵
Tracking is the same as gap in flex layouts; consistent spacing applied across the entire text.
But what if... 🧵
October 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I often see the word 'kerning' used incorrectly by CSS heads when the term they're actually looking for to describe letter spacing is 'tracking'. Let me explain using CSS terminology!
Tracking is the same as gap in flex layouts; consistent spacing applied across the entire text.
But what if... 🧵
Tracking is the same as gap in flex layouts; consistent spacing applied across the entire text.
But what if... 🧵
The beginnings of an answer to a question I’ve asked myself a few times this year
Great writing and reasoning from @matthiasott.com
matthiasott.com/notes/compre...
Great writing and reasoning from @matthiasott.com
matthiasott.com/notes/compre...
Compressed Fluid Typography · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
matthiasott.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The beginnings of an answer to a question I’ve asked myself a few times this year
Great writing and reasoning from @matthiasott.com
matthiasott.com/notes/compre...
Great writing and reasoning from @matthiasott.com
matthiasott.com/notes/compre...
Reposted by Jono Lewarne
not even slightly joking when I say that sora should not exist. it should be crime for something like it to be made available without restriction to the general public. its servers should be destroyed with hammers
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
not even slightly joking when I say that sora should not exist. it should be crime for something like it to be made available without restriction to the general public. its servers should be destroyed with hammers
Found a little bug in Chrome where a backdrop filter on an element doesn't apply to text if there's anything on the page with a mix-blend-mode. Thanks to @joshwcomeau.com for the help diagnosing it!
October 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Found a little bug in Chrome where a backdrop filter on an element doesn't apply to text if there's anything on the page with a mix-blend-mode. Thanks to @joshwcomeau.com for the help diagnosing it!
Looking forward to getting stuck into this
Set your alarms and clear your inboxes: JavaScript for Everyone launches in 7 days, on October 14th.
The drafts are done, the editing is *nearly* complete and let us tell you, Mat has written a masterpiece.
Get alerted on launch day by signing up for updates: piccalil.li/javascript-f...
The drafts are done, the editing is *nearly* complete and let us tell you, Mat has written a masterpiece.
Get alerted on launch day by signing up for updates: piccalil.li/javascript-f...
October 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Looking forward to getting stuck into this
Building something new. In the browser. Websites baby
October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Building something new. In the browser. Websites baby
Reposted by Jono Lewarne
good morning only to people who aren't actively ruining other people's lives
October 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
good morning only to people who aren't actively ruining other people's lives
Reposted by Jono Lewarne
I revisited a book project from a couple years ago today. I used a variable font and JavaScript inside InDesign to make the text get bolder, or darker, as it got deeper down the page, mimicking the ocean, the subject of the book. The cover was made from plastic recovered from the sea by fishermen
November 15, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I revisited a book project from a couple years ago today. I used a variable font and JavaScript inside InDesign to make the text get bolder, or darker, as it got deeper down the page, mimicking the ocean, the subject of the book. The cover was made from plastic recovered from the sea by fishermen
@webdevconf.com was so good! Amazing to meet and listen to such talented and lovely humans. Thanks to @lurkmoophy.bsky.social and @alexolder.com for putting such a great event together
October 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
@webdevconf.com was so good! Amazing to meet and listen to such talented and lovely humans. Thanks to @lurkmoophy.bsky.social and @alexolder.com for putting such a great event together
New books that I do not have time to read (yet)
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
New books that I do not have time to read (yet)
Reposted by Jono Lewarne
Tanzlinden are trees designed for dancing in.
Found across Germany, the oldest is from the 1680s. The branches envelop a platform for meeting & dancing.
henrykuppen.nl
Happy Friday!
Found across Germany, the oldest is from the 1680s. The branches envelop a platform for meeting & dancing.
henrykuppen.nl
Happy Friday!
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Tanzlinden are trees designed for dancing in.
Found across Germany, the oldest is from the 1680s. The branches envelop a platform for meeting & dancing.
henrykuppen.nl
Happy Friday!
Found across Germany, the oldest is from the 1680s. The branches envelop a platform for meeting & dancing.
henrykuppen.nl
Happy Friday!
Just copped my ticket, ride not to when it’s a 10 minute walk away
We're just over 2 months away from WDC2025 taking place on October 10th 2025.
Will you be there?
webdevconf.com
Will you be there?
webdevconf.com
WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK
WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.
webdevconf.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Just copped my ticket, ride not to when it’s a 10 minute walk away
If you can’t avoid working late, do it with cheese.
Maybe I’ll start a YouTube channel, Coding with Cheese
Maybe I’ll start a YouTube channel, Coding with Cheese
July 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you can’t avoid working late, do it with cheese.
Maybe I’ll start a YouTube channel, Coding with Cheese
Maybe I’ll start a YouTube channel, Coding with Cheese
Why the hell am I only just getting an RSS reader up and running again? I used to love it when it was integrated into Mac mail but just forgot about it when it was no longer supported
June 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Why the hell am I only just getting an RSS reader up and running again? I used to love it when it was integrated into Mac mail but just forgot about it when it was no longer supported
It's taken a while but I'm getting to the point of having enough coding knowledge and experience to feel liberated and not in the least bit intimidated by trying new things out. It's a great feeling!
June 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It's taken a while but I'm getting to the point of having enough coding knowledge and experience to feel liberated and not in the least bit intimidated by trying new things out. It's a great feeling!
This is worse than the upside down S on the platform at Bristol Temple Meads
Was filling out a work form on a portal and –I don't mean to distrub anyone too much (especially over the weekend)– but the 8 and the 3 were upside down.
June 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is worse than the upside down S on the platform at Bristol Temple Meads
One of the “real life” projects I’m working on at the moment is a permanent installation on Bristol’s famous King Street. I just got some samples of some custom made ceramic tiles from Spain delivered. So exciting to have these in hand after nearly two years of thinking and planning for this project
June 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One of the “real life” projects I’m working on at the moment is a permanent installation on Bristol’s famous King Street. I just got some samples of some custom made ceramic tiles from Spain delivered. So exciting to have these in hand after nearly two years of thinking and planning for this project