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i like good books, good dogs, and good type.
find my fonts at prologuetype.co.
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ellis @elliscarsonjones.bsky.social · Jan 15
hi! i'm ellis (they/them).

i design books and fonts, and sometimes i do hand lettering!

⚔️ elliscarsonjones.com
🕯️ instagram.com/elliscarsonjones
🖋️ #PortfolioDay
A mockup of a redesigned cover of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. In grainy shades of orange, cream, and black, the cover depicts a skull with a sword running vertically behind (through?) it. White text on a black background that reads "Posthumous: a variable, semiconnected blackletter script." The typeface is a soft blackletter, with letters that join and flow into one another. The word "Posthumous" is in a bold weight, while the rest is in a lighter weight. The lyrics "The ones who tell the lies are the solemnest to swear/And the ones who load the dice always say the toss is fair" are hand-lettered in the silhouette of an organic shape. Visible in the spaces of the letters is a photo of Captain Flint from Black Sails. Two books standing side by side. On the left, a copy of Little Women by L.M. Alcott. The cover is red with white print, and includes an engraving-style illustration of two hands, holding one another. On the right is a copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The cover is blue with white print, and includes an engraving-style illustration of a portrait of a young man in an ornate frame.
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A Chicago day care employee detained by immigration agents has been released, her attorneys say. Diana Santillana Galeano was detained last week at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center.
Chicago day care worker detained by immigration agents released after community support
A Chicago day care employee detained by immigration agents has been released, her attorneys say. Diana Santillana Galeano was detained last week at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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sondheimlyric.bsky.social
Anything you do, let it come from you.
October 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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atypicalartists.co
TWO THOUSAND AND LATE IS OUT NOW! 🔥 😈 🔥

Listen to the first two episodes wherever you get your podcasts and be sure to subscribe so that you don't miss a moment of the havoc we have in store for you.
pod.link/aHR0cHM6Ly9y...
Show art for Two Thousand and Late - an illustrated dumpster fire, where a smirking demon is growing out of the flames.
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
was lucky enough to get to put together the show art for this one!! check it out when the first episode releases next week :)
laurenshippen.com Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · Sep 1
if you've listened to my work, you know that I try to inject as much optimism, hope, and feelings-y feelings into my stories as I can.

my new show is...uh...different. it's a direct response to our current moment and all the messy emotions I have about it + you can subscribe now! harperandhavoc.com
Show art for Two Thousand and Late - an illustrated dumpster fire, where a smirking demon is growing out of the flames
September 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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shakespeare.lol
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,
June 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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shakespeare.lol
Why, it contains no king.
June 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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hsthompsontequila.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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shakespeare.lol
He hath ribbons of all the colors i’ th’ rainbow
June 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
i’m about to become INSUFFERABLE
obsidian.md Obsidian @obsidian.md · May 21
Introducing Bases, a new core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database. With Bases you can organize everything from projects to travel plans, reading lists, and more.

Bases are now available in Obsidian 1.9.0 for early access users.
Screenshot of Obsidian 1.9.0 showing a base with a list of books
May 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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lither.land
Every well-designed typeface I spend a significant amount of time looking at and thinking about becomes my new favorite typeface, this is a sickness.
April 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
i can be normal about this. i can be normal (lying)
clclark.bsky.social Cherae @clclark.bsky.social · Mar 31
Oh, my loves, my loves. You loved Touraine's cover, and you loved Luca's cover, and in your love you asked for them both on #TheSovereign cover.

Be careful what you wish for.

#TheSovereign, book 3 of the Magic of the Lost, out Sept 30. Read chapter one below.
April 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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mrtonynacho.bsky.social
Mister Rogers never misses
You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Than any computer could ever be. You know why? Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Human beings are far more wonderful than machines. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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castlehavven.bsky.social
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMANS DAY
March 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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gildedruin.bsky.social
Going so slow on this but ☀️
March 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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laurenwalshart.bsky.social
Hey.

Stop being so hard on yourself.
You are learning.

Don’t let your ego convince you that you are the only person facing uncertainty, doubt, exhaustion, fear, etc. You have people around you that care and are likely facing similar feelings.

We grow in community.
March 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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martharichart.bsky.social
I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.
February 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
the longer i have been doing creative stuff, the more i have learned that the best creative process is just fuck around and find out (arts and crafts edition)
mgoldst.com Mitch Goldstein @mgoldst.com · Feb 25
my creative process:

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#art #design
February 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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lither.land
“By embedding a comprehensive visual identity system into a single font file and reimagining how each component can be easily accessed through the keyboard, it transforms how brands can be delivered to clients—offering a seamless, integrated approach to design.”

otherwherecollective.com/embleme
Embleme Kinetic Visual Identity Font
Emblème is a variable font that’s more than a set of letterforms. It’s a brand ecosystem where typography, color and motion converge.
otherwherecollective.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
new goals unlocked
brianlarossa.com Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Feb 16
I will keep pushing if it takes the rest of my life until I successfully publish a novel or collection of short stories because I want to be a full stack language engineer, the EGOT of typography:

1. Type designer
2. Book designer
3. Author
February 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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goodspeed.bsky.social
Who preserves culture—and who cashes in on it? My first
@its-nice-that.bsky.social column of the year is on the ethics of the public domain, using the past as a stock library, and who profits when history is up for grabs 📚 www.itsnicethat.com/articles/eli...
Elizabeth Goodspeed on what happens when we treat the past like a stock library
Not all borrowing is the same. From public domain illustrations on book covers to AI’s data hoarding, who really owns culture – and who gets away with taking it?
www.itsnicethat.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
Posthumous is out now! A variable blackletter script with gloopy round corners and lots of OpenType features, this type family has been such a labor of love. I'm so excited to share it with you all!
Learn more about it, download a PDF specimen, or purchase a license → prologuetype.co/posthumous.
The word “Posthumous,” written in the typeface Posthumous, appears six times. Each word is in a different weight of the font, going from Regular at the top down to Black at the bottom. The text is in a cream color on a dark gray background, and at the bottom is a small teal-colored leafy flourish. The full alphabet is written out in Posthumous—capital A, lowercase a, space, capital B, lowercase b, and so on. After the alphabet are the numbers 0-9 and a few symbols: an ampersand, at symbol, pound sign, exclamation mark, and question mark. The background is teal and the text is white. At the bottom is a small leafy flourish in a dark gray color. Light gray text demonstrating what Posthumous looks like without a certain OpenType feature immediately precedes cream text demonstrating the font with that OpenType feature. The elements included are Trailing Caps, where capitals are replaced with their non-swash variant in all-caps contexts; Auto Arrows, where a hyphen and greater than (or less than) symbol are replaced with a unicode arrow glyph; Stylistic Set 01, which removes all swashes; and Stylistic Set 02, which removes the connections between letters to form a disconnected, more traditional blackletter style. The background is a dark gray color, and at the bottom is a small leafy flourish in a teal color.
February 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
Posthumous is out now! A variable blackletter script with gloopy round corners and lots of OpenType features, this type family has been such a labor of love. I'm so excited to share it with you all!
Learn more about it, download a PDF specimen, or purchase a license → prologuetype.co/posthumous.
The word “Posthumous,” written in the typeface Posthumous, appears six times. Each word is in a different weight of the font, going from Regular at the top down to Black at the bottom. The text is in a cream color on a dark gray background, and at the bottom is a small teal-colored leafy flourish. The full alphabet is written out in Posthumous—capital A, lowercase a, space, capital B, lowercase b, and so on. After the alphabet are the numbers 0-9 and a few symbols: an ampersand, at symbol, pound sign, exclamation mark, and question mark. The background is teal and the text is white. At the bottom is a small leafy flourish in a dark gray color. Light gray text demonstrating what Posthumous looks like without a certain OpenType feature immediately precedes cream text demonstrating the font with that OpenType feature. The elements included are Trailing Caps, where capitals are replaced with their non-swash variant in all-caps contexts; Auto Arrows, where a hyphen and greater than (or less than) symbol are replaced with a unicode arrow glyph; Stylistic Set 01, which removes all swashes; and Stylistic Set 02, which removes the connections between letters to form a disconnected, more traditional blackletter style. The background is a dark gray color, and at the bottom is a small leafy flourish in a teal color.
February 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
My type foundry, Prologue Type, officially launches tomorrow! My first typeface, Posthumous, is a variable blackletter script. I could not be more excited to share it with you! Stay tuned... 👀👀

#typedesign #fonts
The logo for Prologue Type. The text is set in Cosmodoxia (a forthcoming release from Prologue Type) in a cream color on a muted teal background. Underneath the word Prologue and to the left of the word Type is a leafy flourish in a dark gray color.
February 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
elliscarsonjones.bsky.social
Posthumous update 2/5:
I'm making the PDF specimen, which means we're very close to release—and the launch of my type foundry, Prologue Type! Coming later this week. Or maybe next week.

#typedesign #typefoundry
A screenshot of part of an InDesign document in progress. Across the top is the Prologue Type logo, and the word "Text." Further down is a label reading "12pt Semibold" next to a long paragraph. The paragraph is an excerpt from Dracula, set in Posthumous—a forthcoming font from Prologue Type. The labels and supplementary text are set in Cosmodoxia, an unreleased font from Prologue Type.
February 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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pecourtejoie.bsky.social
I see that @arrowtype.bsky.social is on a roll on YouTube with a WIP mono font design. A unique chance to look over a type designer’s shoulders! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Name Mono, a WIP typeface - YouTube
Work sessions in creating Name Mono
youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM