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@letterror.bsky.social
Typedesign, really nice fonts, typography and lettering.
I run https://letterror.com More posting here: https://typo.social/deck/@letterror
I run https://letterror.com More posting here: https://typo.social/deck/@letterror
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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People perceive thickness of letters very individually, and that’s why we are conducting Font Weight Survey to understand the regional preferences of font weight. Could we ask you for 10 min of your time? The findings will be published publicly once we have some results.
tptq.com/weight
tptq.com/weight
October 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
People perceive thickness of letters very individually, and that’s why we are conducting Font Weight Survey to understand the regional preferences of font weight. Could we ask you for 10 min of your time? The findings will be published publicly once we have some results.
tptq.com/weight
tptq.com/weight
LetterExchange, The Art Workers’ Guild in London, October 15 I will talk about the lettering for the Amsterdam University Library.
letterexchange.org/events
letterexchange.org/events
October 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
LetterExchange, The Art Workers’ Guild in London, October 15 I will talk about the lettering for the Amsterdam University Library.
letterexchange.org/events
letterexchange.org/events
"…the main purpose of architecture is to provide surfaces for typography." Polemic! 🍿Fun and interesting things to read in the fresh NEWSLTR №18 Archives here → buttondown.com/letterror/ar...
✏️ Sign up for free! #lettering #fonts #type #architecture
✏️ Sign up for free! #lettering #fonts #type #architecture
August 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
"…the main purpose of architecture is to provide surfaces for typography." Polemic! 🍿Fun and interesting things to read in the fresh NEWSLTR №18 Archives here → buttondown.com/letterror/ar...
✏️ Sign up for free! #lettering #fonts #type #architecture
✏️ Sign up for free! #lettering #fonts #type #architecture
Amsterdam University Library letters catching the sun. Nieuwe Doelenstraat, across from De Jaren, if you want to have a beer while looking at Martinus Nijhoff. Read about the design: letterror.com/uva/index.html
July 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Amsterdam University Library letters catching the sun. Nieuwe Doelenstraat, across from De Jaren, if you want to have a beer while looking at Martinus Nijhoff. Read about the design: letterror.com/uva/index.html
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
June 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.
🧵 A thread:
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Since this seems to have found an audience: hello! Fonts are made by humans and (mostly) sold by small businesses — if you’re going to pirate something (like assets for an anti-piracy ad campaign, for example), there are probably other options to consider first <3
April 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Since this seems to have found an audience: hello! Fonts are made by humans and (mostly) sold by small businesses — if you’re going to pirate something (like assets for an anti-piracy ad campaign, for example), there are probably other options to consider first <3
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The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
April 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
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TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language.
“Piracy. It’s a Crime.” PSA
From Wikipedia:
“You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” is the first sentence and commonly used name of a public service announcement that debuted on July 12, 2004 in cinemas, and July 27 on home media, which wa...
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April 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language.
Sign up for the LettError newsletter! buttondown.com/letterror #type #lettering #fonts #typography #letterror #newsletter
April 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sign up for the LettError newsletter! buttondown.com/letterror #type #lettering #fonts #typography #letterror #newsletter
An update for LTR Very Bauble! The OG characterset was a bit sparse, so I added about 2500 more! All animated with lines, thorns and pips. One axis, five masters. These were already having a party and now they are having a ball. #ad #update #tuscan #variablefont letterror.com/verybauble/index…
March 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
An update for LTR Very Bauble! The OG characterset was a bit sparse, so I added about 2500 more! All animated with lines, thorns and pips. One axis, five masters. These were already having a party and now they are having a ball. #ad #update #tuscan #variablefont letterror.com/verybauble/index…
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Reminded today that Women in Type (Fiona Ross, Alice Savoie) is such a wonderful and important project. 🙏 www.women-in-type.com
Women in Type — Rediscovering women’s contribution to type history
‘Women in Type’ is a research project highlighting the work of women as key contributors to the design process of many renowned typefaces of the 20th century.
www.women-in-type.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reminded today that Women in Type (Fiona Ross, Alice Savoie) is such a wonderful and important project. 🙏 www.women-in-type.com
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(This is the entire marketing plan for LettError Type in one compact image / catalog and logo.)
January 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
(This is the entire marketing plan for LettError Type in one compact image / catalog and logo.)
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Last December, TypeToday's @ruderman asked me lots of thoughtful questions and I did my best to reply. But there are drawings and some excellent letters drawn in imaginative and novel styles. So there's that! @typetodaynews
January 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Last December, TypeToday's @ruderman asked me lots of thoughtful questions and I did my best to reply. But there are drawings and some excellent letters drawn in imaginative and novel styles. So there's that! @typetodaynews
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The most up to date website who collect new fonts releases is this one by Dan Burzo. 💪
type-atlas.xyz/news/
type-atlas.xyz/news/
News · Atlas of Type
A directory of contemporary type design, with a focus on active, independent type designers and foundries who distribute their fonts through a dedicated web presence or though a small selection of rep...
type-atlas.xyz
January 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The most up to date website who collect new fonts releases is this one by Dan Burzo. 💪
type-atlas.xyz/news/
type-atlas.xyz/news/
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A 10 second animation made by Lars van Blokland and me is part of the DEMO festival on January 30th. On all 9:16 screens in The Netherlands! https://demofestival.com/designers/lars-2b-erik-van-blokland
Locations: https://demofestival.com/location #demofestival […]
[Original post on typo.social]
Locations: https://demofestival.com/location #demofestival […]
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January 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A 10 second animation made by Lars van Blokland and me is part of the DEMO festival on January 30th. On all 9:16 screens in The Netherlands! https://demofestival.com/designers/lars-2b-erik-van-blokland
Locations: https://demofestival.com/location #demofestival […]
[Original post on typo.social]
Locations: https://demofestival.com/location #demofestival […]
[Original post on typo.social]
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Some typographic news to read on this Friday afternoon while we ease into a weekend? NEWS LTR №13: This & That is in your mailbox, and also right here: https://buttondown.com/letterror/archive/news-ltr-no-13-this-that/
#mailinglist #newsletter #typography #pots
#mailinglist #newsletter #typography #pots
January 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Some typographic news to read on this Friday afternoon while we ease into a weekend? NEWS LTR №13: This & That is in your mailbox, and also right here: https://buttondown.com/letterror/archive/news-ltr-no-13-this-that/
#mailinglist #newsletter #typography #pots
#mailinglist #newsletter #typography #pots
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Typo.social has no fact checkers on contract, but I know you will call out bullshit when you see it. This is an invite to sign up to the LTR Newsletter if you haven't already. Commercial motives clearly on the table, this is an #ad. If you like seeing my work […]
[Original post on typo.social]
[Original post on typo.social]
January 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Typo.social has no fact checkers on contract, but I know you will call out bullshit when you see it. This is an invite to sign up to the LTR Newsletter if you haven't already. Commercial motives clearly on the table, this is an #ad. If you like seeing my work […]
[Original post on typo.social]
[Original post on typo.social]
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If you search with Google instead of DuckDuckGo (which you shouldn’t), use udm14.com for #AI-free search results
(via @sayadaramdial.bsky.social)
(via @sayadaramdial.bsky.social)
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
December 27, 2024 at 1:24 PM
If you search with Google instead of DuckDuckGo (which you shouldn’t), use udm14.com for #AI-free search results
(via @sayadaramdial.bsky.social)
(via @sayadaramdial.bsky.social)
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You might want to read about Jimmy The Raven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_(raven)?wprov=sfti1 #wonderful
Jimmy (raven) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 24, 2024 at 8:14 PM
You might want to read about Jimmy The Raven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_(raven)?wprov=sfti1 #wonderful
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Amy and Nina have brought me on board to help out with this project and can I just say that it is an *absolute joy* ❤️ bikini-books.com/products/alp...
Alphabettes Soup 2015-2025: Ten Years of Feminist Approaches to Type
Alphabettes Soup: 2015–2025 celebrates a decade of feminist approaches to type research, design, and creative community-building. The book blends key articles from the Alphabettes platform with origin...
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December 23, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Amy and Nina have brought me on board to help out with this project and can I just say that it is an *absolute joy* ❤️ bikini-books.com/products/alp...