Erik
@letterror.typo.social.ap.brid.gy
Hello I'm Erik van Blokland! I work in typedesign, lettering, tools, python, drawbot. I make fonts, some of which are for sale at the links below. I’m the head […]
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While we’re at it. #pedantictypetopic an “inktrap” is the name of the problem (a local feature on a letterform that catches crud, ink and fibers while printing on good old letterpress), or the name of the solution (making some more room for the crud). But the word can’t mean both.
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July 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
While we’re at it. #pedantictypetopic an “inktrap” is the name of the problem (a local feature on a letterform that catches crud, ink and fibers while printing on good old letterpress), or the name of the solution (making some more room for the crud). But the word can’t mean both.
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Word of the day, for your comical pronunciations and general appreciation. A double f, double s and no less than seven consonants: “Begriffsschrift”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begriffsschrift
Not relevant to the consonants, but in case you follow the link, Wikipedia describes the author […]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begriffsschrift
Not relevant to the consonants, but in case you follow the link, Wikipedia describes the author […]
Original post on typo.social
typo.social
July 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Word of the day, for your comical pronunciations and general appreciation. A double f, double s and no less than seven consonants: “Begriffsschrift”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begriffsschrift
Not relevant to the consonants, but in case you follow the link, Wikipedia describes the author […]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begriffsschrift
Not relevant to the consonants, but in case you follow the link, Wikipedia describes the author […]
Death by millions of curve corrections.
July 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Death by millions of curve corrections.
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
@blag TIL Frank Oz’ father, Isidor Osnowiez, worked as a signpainter in the Oakland area in the 1950’s. Did you ever hear anything related to that?
July 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@blag TIL Frank Oz’ father, Isidor Osnowiez, worked as a signpainter in the Oakland area in the 1950’s. Did you ever hear anything related to that?
There’s only 2 Apple OS’s. The one that stops playing music when you start a video, and the one that doesn’t.
July 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There’s only 2 Apple OS’s. The one that stops playing music when you start a video, and the one that doesn’t.
Once I get my printer running again I will make more these tokens. Powerful stuff.
Make Your Backups. Lose Nowt, Regret Nowt. Cheap Advice. #riso #makebackups #lettering #lowenowt
Make Your Backups. Lose Nowt, Regret Nowt. Cheap Advice. #riso #makebackups #lettering #lowenowt
July 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Once I get my printer running again I will make more these tokens. Powerful stuff.
Make Your Backups. Lose Nowt, Regret Nowt. Cheap Advice. #riso #makebackups #lettering #lowenowt
Make Your Backups. Lose Nowt, Regret Nowt. Cheap Advice. #riso #makebackups #lettering #lowenowt
Nunchuck laserswords. Nunchuck tennis rackets. Important new things discussed. @bennzorn @jakobfangmeier
July 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Nunchuck laserswords. Nunchuck tennis rackets. Important new things discussed. @bennzorn @jakobfangmeier
Meredith Whittaker interview in the NRC newspaper. Dutch language. (Not sure this will be a gift link, but attempts were made ) […]
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typo.social
July 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Meredith Whittaker interview in the NRC newspaper. Dutch language. (Not sure this will be a gift link, but attempts were made ) […]
Sunday morning designspace-thinking. While it is worthwhile to make each variable font source perfect, the majority of your designspace consists of mixes of these sources. How far does your perfect reach? When and how were you going to look at the actual […]
[Original post on typo.social]
[Original post on typo.social]
June 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Sunday morning designspace-thinking. While it is worthwhile to make each variable font source perfect, the majority of your designspace consists of mixes of these sources. How far does your perfect reach? When and how were you going to look at the actual […]
[Original post on typo.social]
[Original post on typo.social]
No solution exists in three dimensions.
June 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
No solution exists in three dimensions.
⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️ https://typo.social/@kai/114737995188715132
Kai Bernau (@kai@typo.social)
Attached: 1 image One thing that came out of my research for Beyond Bézier is the Stroke Scribbler, a @RoboFont extension that creates a Noordzij-style cross-hatch to de-emphasize shapes’ outlines. It’s been programmed by (the best and coolest) @arthurfontzarelli and I’m super happy about that. It is available on Github: https://github.com/ECAL-Beyond-Bezier/StrokeScribbler-roboFontExt
typo.social
June 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️🌟✨ 🌟 ⭐️ https://typo.social/@kai/114737995188715132
Moodboard with Human-power
Explore, iterate, and bring creative concepts
into focus while speaking with a human (6.0)
(Get started)
I think I can do that.
Explore, iterate, and bring creative concepts
into focus while speaking with a human (6.0)
(Get started)
I think I can do that.
June 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Moodboard with Human-power
Explore, iterate, and bring creative concepts
into focus while speaking with a human (6.0)
(Get started)
I think I can do that.
Explore, iterate, and bring creative concepts
into focus while speaking with a human (6.0)
(Get started)
I think I can do that.
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The Met Office (UK) invites you to suggest names for future storms. Make your own suggestions at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names
Here are mine.
Here are mine.
June 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Met Office (UK) invites you to suggest names for future storms. Make your own suggestions at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names
Here are mine.
Here are mine.
Thanks Alfred.
https://youtu.be/IUxFLvCVbVM
https://youtu.be/IUxFLvCVbVM
June 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thanks Alfred.
https://youtu.be/IUxFLvCVbVM
https://youtu.be/IUxFLvCVbVM
What began as a imaginary book cover of an imagined Atlas of the World (with nice type) is now… still imaginary and very much made up. But at least Google AI thinks it is an actual book by me! So finally AI made me an author! At least the cover is real. Well. #ai #covers #verybauble #aislop
June 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What began as a imaginary book cover of an imagined Atlas of the World (with nice type) is now… still imaginary and very much made up. But at least Google AI thinks it is an actual book by me! So finally AI made me an author! At least the cover is real. Well. #ai #covers #verybauble #aislop
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Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book […]
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mastodon.social
June 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book […]
Oh look, Monotype scaring the senior leadership of their clients into… a zombie DSIG !? 🧟♂️ I bet the keys to sign your “secure fonts” can only be rented for a steep membership?
Not to mention on how this would work for streaming or subset fonts.
Discuss.
Not to mention on how this would work for streaming or subset fonts.
Discuss.
June 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oh look, Monotype scaring the senior leadership of their clients into… a zombie DSIG !? 🧟♂️ I bet the keys to sign your “secure fonts” can only be rented for a steep membership?
Not to mention on how this would work for streaming or subset fonts.
Discuss.
Not to mention on how this would work for streaming or subset fonts.
Discuss.
Can’t get InDesign to boot. Sequia 15.5 (24F74). Fresh Indesign install, first keeping preferences and settings. Then I tried a completely clean install. No dice, keeps crashing. Any suggestions? Is there a “safe mode” boot? A “forget everything I said before can […]
[Original post on typo.social]
[Original post on typo.social]
June 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Can’t get InDesign to boot. Sequia 15.5 (24F74). Fresh Indesign install, first keeping preferences and settings. Then I tried a completely clean install. No dice, keeps crashing. Any suggestions? Is there a “safe mode” boot? A “forget everything I said before can […]
[Original post on typo.social]
[Original post on typo.social]
Maybe I should make an update of my handwriting fonts. The old ones are smelling funny.
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Maybe I should make an update of my handwriting fonts. The old ones are smelling funny.
If a background draws itself but no one looks at it, does the forest still burn?
June 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If a background draws itself but no one looks at it, does the forest still burn?
CSS: can I use the width of a div as a parameter in calc()?
June 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
CSS: can I use the width of a div as a parameter in calc()?
Getting your own stuff back feels good. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/30/taylor-swift-buys-back-master-recordings-taylors-versions
May 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Getting your own stuff back feels good. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/30/taylor-swift-buys-back-master-recordings-taylors-versions