Craig Eliason
@celiason.bsky.social
Typeface designer at Teeline Fonts, type and lettering historian, art history professor, cocktail enthusiast.
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Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
Excited that my typeface design Fillmore has been chosen as Font of the Year! ilovetypography.com/2025/12/03/s...
Steven Heller’s Font of the Year: Fillmore — I Love Typography Ltd
In my past Font of the Month columns, I admitted to extreme fixation for ‘stencilism’ and avaricious hoarding of stencil type and lettering specimens. There is a je ne sais quoi about them that, perha...
ilovetypography.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Excited that my typeface design Fillmore has been chosen as Font of the Year! ilovetypography.com/2025/12/03/s...
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Interesting, app connecting scholars to people who can photograph documents in local archives. sourceryapp.org
Home - Sourcery
Open Source Not for Profit Community Driven Any archive, any time Get Started Request documents through Sourcery Need archival documents for your research but can’t make the trip? Want to streamline m...
sourceryapp.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Interesting, app connecting scholars to people who can photograph documents in local archives. sourceryapp.org
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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on top of Abbott's other crimes, that ffi ligature is fucking killing me
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
on top of Abbott's other crimes, that ffi ligature is fucking killing me
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When I release a typeface design, I always craft an original cocktail inspired by the font. Here's Ticker teelinefonts.com/notes/the-ti... #cheers
The Ticker cocktail — Teeline Fonts notes
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November 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
When I release a typeface design, I always craft an original cocktail inspired by the font. Here's Ticker teelinefonts.com/notes/the-ti... #cheers
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
When I release a typeface design, I always craft an original cocktail inspired by the font. Here's Fillmore teelinefonts.com/notes/the-fi... #cheers
The Fillmore cocktail — Teeline Fonts notes
teelinefonts.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When I release a typeface design, I always craft an original cocktail inspired by the font. Here's Fillmore teelinefonts.com/notes/the-fi... #cheers
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The Clash cocktail biopic is out! 9 drinks inspired by songs or lyrics from The Clash by bartenders: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/cock...
:: cocktail rock: drinks inspired by the clash ::
I recall my amazement back in 1982 when The Clash’s video for “Rock the Casbah” came on MTV. The edgy haircuts, the musicians stomping in th...
cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Clash cocktail biopic is out! 9 drinks inspired by songs or lyrics from The Clash by bartenders: cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2025/10/cock...
Tuned in to the first baseball game I’ve watched all year — with no idea of the commitment I was making
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Tuned in to the first baseball game I’ve watched all year — with no idea of the commitment I was making
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If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.
Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.
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I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
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My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”
Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers
"The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.
www.startribune.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”
Pommistry: Aged rum, bonded apple brandy, Cocchi Americano, Punt e Mes, homemade cinnamon syrup, apple bitters, apple, lemon. #cocktails #original #cheers
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Pommistry: Aged rum, bonded apple brandy, Cocchi Americano, Punt e Mes, homemade cinnamon syrup, apple bitters, apple, lemon. #cocktails #original #cheers
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ACLS statement against White House “compact”: THIS IS SOVIET SHIT
October 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ACLS statement against White House “compact”: THIS IS SOVIET SHIT
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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This made me laugh extra hard today
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This made me laugh extra hard today
I guess it's anachronistic, but I kinda want to believe that ReBeKaH RoWe was intending sarcasm when she signed this 18th century sampler.
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I guess it's anachronistic, but I kinda want to believe that ReBeKaH RoWe was intending sarcasm when she signed this 18th century sampler.
Technologically advanced a band: Alice in an Ankle Monitor
Technologically advance a band:
Türbinehead
Türbinehead
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Technologically advanced a band: Alice in an Ankle Monitor
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No other institution has fulfilled the promise of the early Internet so fully or resisted enshittification for so long.
for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
September 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
No other institution has fulfilled the promise of the early Internet so fully or resisted enshittification for so long.