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First released from our foundry, and still our best-selling typeface, Paverify is 5 years old now. 🙂🎂

So are we! 🥳🎉

As we said then "With Paverify, we paved the way for our type design journey."

#Anniversary #TypeDesign #GraphicDesign #Typography #Font #Typeface #Lettering
September 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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The joy of looking over a map that functions as a design proof marked with autochthonous toponyms in its original script (work in progress).

#Lycian #lettering #inscription #map
Affinity Designer screenshot of a historical map drawing of Lycian settlements in present-day Teke Peninsula, southwestern Turkey
July 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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How to correctly pronounce the consonants in the Turkish alphabet (source: Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey and Statist Internationalism 1919-1939 by Samuel J. Hirst, p. xii) (Hint: My name is not pronounced like "Ken")
June 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The beauty of that Sigma

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Vasilakis Crystals & Gifts, Heraklion
This is the shop front of Βασιλάκης (Vasilakis), a home goods store in Heraklion, Crete. The company was founded in 1981 according to its website. Its current logo, found also on its website, does not...
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May 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I wanted to quickly explain why, school kids should learn markdown instead of MS Office, and ended up writing another major Epos:

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This is, I kid you not, about 1/6th of what I wrote. I'll publish the rest later.
Markdown and the slow fade of the formatting fetish
Notes on a revolution in slow motion.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Masterpiece
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This is a project I have been a part of: lettering on the walls of the UvA library in Amsterdam. 23 languages. The engineers, printers, polishers, architects, managers, linguists, and a handful of type designers worked together to make something amazing. Read more here: letterror.com/uva/index.html
The empty bits will be filled in. It will be solid. Shiny. A snap of the languages.
December 3, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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Great article. I found myself searching for the Florin symbol.
November 30, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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The next version of MonoLisa will have Braille. Shout-out to @schriftgestalt.bsky.social for adding the possibility to create Braille in @glyphsapp.com lightning fast! ⚡
Shows the implemented braille glyphs in the glyphs app.
November 27, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 8:25 AM
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verba volant & scripta manent
Ivory, Bluesky, Ulysses app icons in a row
December 23, 2023 at 10:55 AM
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Not exactly a review, but a first. A very short introductory text about “Polias” (in Japanese):

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August 26, 2023 at 12:54 PM
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At least those student loans are history.

Become a Patreon backer and help us to live forever. As long as we breathe we publish comic strips for free.
4-panel-comic by War and Peas named "Defrosting": 1. A robot stands in front of a cryo capsule with a person inside of it. He says, "Defrosting process started." 2. The person is now awake and says, "Show me my stock portfolio." 3. The robot shows him a graph and says "You're a billionaire, sir." 4. The robot holds up half a piece of toast and says, "But due to hyper-inflation you can now buy half a piece of toast."
August 20, 2023 at 4:51 PM
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TIL, no video posting here. But, Hey! We have a brand new “Media” tab now! More coming soon, maybe? 🍿🙂
esintype.com Esintype @esintype.com · Aug 18
Time flies like movie credits 🎞

Polias & Polias Varia typefaces with a real story, 50% off for a limited time now. You might want to see while they’re still on sale and showing on @MyFonts’ Special Offers.

👉 https://www.myfonts.com/collections/special-offers
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August 18, 2023 at 7:00 AM
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Really?
The male black cat sitting on top of a short pruned tree—his favorite spot.
August 9, 2023 at 12:10 PM
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“Algorithmic timeline” is an oxymoron.
July 30, 2023 at 11:30 PM
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“Now you will eat bread and drink water.”
July 30, 2023 at 8:38 PM
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It’s really exciting to be featured on MyFonts’ Special Offers front page (as @Esintype) — and yeah, it’s a milestone.
July 19, 2023 at 2:54 PM
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This is the way.
A cat lying on the paving stones of a park road, pointing ahead.
July 8, 2023 at 3:52 PM
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Bir.
June 30, 2023 at 9:02 AM