Matthew Smith
@matthewsmith.website
Running Morning Type • Partner at Tipofili • Senior Design at High Tide • OAA (Official Aglet Ambassador) • He/Him/They/Them
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New personal website coming in the new year ✨
December 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
New personal website coming in the new year ✨
Reposted by Matthew Smith
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
- Glamorizes hustle culture
- Speciest
- Was taught to you in elementary school
"Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
- Metal as fuck
- Implies that you are a wizard
- No one will know you are testing out a font
- Glamorizes hustle culture
- Speciest
- Was taught to you in elementary school
"Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
- Metal as fuck
- Implies that you are a wizard
- No one will know you are testing out a font
October 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
- Glamorizes hustle culture
- Speciest
- Was taught to you in elementary school
"Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
- Metal as fuck
- Implies that you are a wizard
- No one will know you are testing out a font
- Glamorizes hustle culture
- Speciest
- Was taught to you in elementary school
"Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow."
- Metal as fuck
- Implies that you are a wizard
- No one will know you are testing out a font
I don’t come on here very often and missed this!!
Thank you Rutherford so much for supporting the directory! Both through your nameplate but also through your constant encouragement.
Thank you Rutherford so much for supporting the directory! Both through your nameplate but also through your constant encouragement.
For years, @matthewsmith.website’s typefoundry.directory has been my favourite place to discover new, independent type foundries.
This summer Matthew released a huge update to the site, and also (finally!) let me support his efforts with a sponsorship — this month, the nameplate is set in MD Lórien
This summer Matthew released a huge update to the site, and also (finally!) let me support his efforts with a sponsorship — this month, the nameplate is set in MD Lórien
October 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I don’t come on here very often and missed this!!
Thank you Rutherford so much for supporting the directory! Both through your nameplate but also through your constant encouragement.
Thank you Rutherford so much for supporting the directory! Both through your nameplate but also through your constant encouragement.
For the nerds (me), the Type Foundry Directory now has a changelog: typefoundry.directory/changelog/
Type Foundry Directory
The Type Foundry Directory is a curated index of type foundries. Discover new fonts and support independent type foundries.
typefoundry.directory
September 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the nerds (me), the Type Foundry Directory now has a changelog: typefoundry.directory/changelog/
Thanks for sharing, Caren!
July 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thanks for sharing, Caren!
There is a lot more to this update and there is a lot more planned, but I will let you discover what the directory has to offer for yourself!
typefoundry.directory
typefoundry.directory
Type Foundry Directory
The Type Foundry Directory is a curated index of type foundries. Discover new fonts and support independent type foundries.
typefoundry.directory
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There is a lot more to this update and there is a lot more planned, but I will let you discover what the directory has to offer for yourself!
typefoundry.directory
typefoundry.directory
From research to development to maintenance, the directory has largely been an independent effort.
I am introducing sponsored nameplates to help provide financial backing which allows me to allocate time, effort, and external resources to future developments.
I am introducing sponsored nameplates to help provide financial backing which allows me to allocate time, effort, and external resources to future developments.
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
From research to development to maintenance, the directory has largely been an independent effort.
I am introducing sponsored nameplates to help provide financial backing which allows me to allocate time, effort, and external resources to future developments.
I am introducing sponsored nameplates to help provide financial backing which allows me to allocate time, effort, and external resources to future developments.
This update also includes the publication of the directory’s “Methodology” which is a very detailed documentation of the directory’s structure, how information is logged, and unpacks its underlying biases.
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This update also includes the publication of the directory’s “Methodology” which is a very detailed documentation of the directory’s structure, how information is logged, and unpacks its underlying biases.
Now having read 400+ End User License Agreements, poured over countless FAQs, and even consulted for foundries, the directory has been completely overhauled with 3x more data and a refreshed design.
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Now having read 400+ End User License Agreements, poured over countless FAQs, and even consulted for foundries, the directory has been completely overhauled with 3x more data and a refreshed design.
Today, things are a bit more complicated. The landscape of font licensing has changed drastically in recent years, and the directory’s original simplicity no longer fit my needs.
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today, things are a bit more complicated. The landscape of font licensing has changed drastically in recent years, and the directory’s original simplicity no longer fit my needs.
For the past seven years I have been independently maintaining the Type Foundry Directory.
What started as a simple link to a spreadsheet that I created in an effort to overhaul my bookmarking system, has since become—what others have told me—an industry essential resource.
What started as a simple link to a spreadsheet that I created in an effort to overhaul my bookmarking system, has since become—what others have told me—an industry essential resource.
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For the past seven years I have been independently maintaining the Type Foundry Directory.
What started as a simple link to a spreadsheet that I created in an effort to overhaul my bookmarking system, has since become—what others have told me—an industry essential resource.
What started as a simple link to a spreadsheet that I created in an effort to overhaul my bookmarking system, has since become—what others have told me—an industry essential resource.
July 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Matthew Smith
Introducing Calligraphic Menagerie✨🖌️
Twenty charismatic creatures from the quills of 17th- and 18th-century writing masters celebrate the playful art of flourishing in this set of colorful notecards with accompanying envelopes.
Available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/calligr...
Twenty charismatic creatures from the quills of 17th- and 18th-century writing masters celebrate the playful art of flourishing in this set of colorful notecards with accompanying envelopes.
Available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/calligr...
May 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Introducing Calligraphic Menagerie✨🖌️
Twenty charismatic creatures from the quills of 17th- and 18th-century writing masters celebrate the playful art of flourishing in this set of colorful notecards with accompanying envelopes.
Available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/calligr...
Twenty charismatic creatures from the quills of 17th- and 18th-century writing masters celebrate the playful art of flourishing in this set of colorful notecards with accompanying envelopes.
Available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/calligr...
New typefoundry.directory coming this June 👀
Type Foundry Directory
The Type Foundry Directory is a curated index of type foundries. Discover new fonts and support independent type foundries.
typefoundry.directory
May 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New typefoundry.directory coming this June 👀
Weekend experiment: a reinterpretation of Gill Kayo.
March 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Weekend experiment: a reinterpretation of Gill Kayo.
Just made an account, and this was the first person I searched for lol
I cannot leave Twitter for good until Fangmeli/pangmeli makes it over here 😤
December 1, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Just made an account, and this was the first person I searched for lol