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Martha Sue Coursey
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Artist, Illustrator & Type Designer sharing inspirations, curiosities & love of letters.
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Martha Sue Coursey @marthasuecoursey.bsky.social · Jun 19
Are you in SF? June 28th, 4-9 pm we will be sharing new work, and trying out some new ways to connect with art viewers via artist talks and some optional games. objectsofaffection.eventbrite.com
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One Night Only
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Upside Artspace, 1333 Minna St, SF
June 28, 2025 | 4–9 PM
Artist Talks @ 7 PM ✨Snacks + drinks
✨Meet the artists✨Optional artist-led games
#SFArtScene #ArtOpening #Art #SanFranciscoArt
June 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Are you in SF? June 28th, 4-9 pm we will be sharing new work, and trying out some new ways to connect with art viewers via artist talks and some optional games. objectsofaffection.eventbrite.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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It's time for another edition of "Curious Things I've Made." This one focuses on an animation and series of sculpture and paintings called "Interior Landscapes." The animation features a beautiful soundtrack by Mark Edwards, Jeff Ray, and Jim Coursey. Full anim here: vimeo.com/852792?share...
June 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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This place should be being flooded with donations. A thing that we can do is make sure they have a war chest proportional to that of an Ivy League school.
charlesornstein.bsky.social Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Apr 14
"Yesterday, we received notice from the federal government that our grant had been terminated and part of the reasoning was that we no longer align with the White House policies.”

African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
A museum dedicated to the African-American history of Boston has had its federal grant cut, putting future programs in jeopardy.
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April 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever
December 5, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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I love this place and I think you should know these six things about it #Heronsheadpark #IndiaBasin #SF #gooutside
March 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Read this fantastic story my daughter wrote and subsribe if you like it! open.substack.com/pub/messenge... #flashfiction #youthwriters #creativewriting
The Giraffe
A Flash Fiction Piece
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March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Fabulosa is everything its name suggests

Designed by Laura Meseguer of Type-Ø-Tones. Laura is an award-winning designer based in Barcelona.

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March 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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"Curious Things I've Made" This series of posts is going to start with past stuff and work up to the current creations. Keep an eye out for these! This is the tip of the iceberg..... 🐢✨
#fineart #fiberart #drawing #weirdostuff
March 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Teslas, like all his products, are designed to kill people inside and outside the car, in the most horrible ways, and making rescue impossible

[content warnings!]

#cybertruck
warrenjwells.bsky.social Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · Mar 19
Making door latches dependent on the vehicle having power is a criminally bad design decision, and almost certainly was the direct cause of these teens' deaths.
Adam Cook, a Detroit robotics and car engineer who has worked for Ford, Chrysler, and Toyota building their safety and quality systems, told The Oaklandside that a root-cause analysis is needed to fully understand what happened in the Piedmont collision. But he noted that there have been published reports in the past few years of people who died inside Tesla vehicles because they couldn’t exit a damaged car or because bystanders could not open the doors. The main issue is that the doors of a Tesla, as well as those of some other manufacturers’ electric vehicles, rely on electronic power “to disengage electronic latches,” the Detroit engineer said. The electronic design schemes rely on the car maintaining power to open the door instead of a simple mechanical latch. On the Cybertruck, this entry-and-exit issue may be worse, as there are emergency pull cords in “obscure locations which often require rear seat passengers to remove door paneling to access,” Cook said in an email. This mechanism is described in the owner’s manual of both the Cybertruck and the Model Y vehicles. “If vehicle power was lost, I am not sure how the Cybertruck doors can be actuated from outside of the vehicle. My suspicion is that they cannot,” Cook said.
March 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Exploring more use possibilities for Magik Wanda

Books! Do you have a kid-lit idea waiting to be published? Brand project for something book related? Poetry that wants to be set in a hand-drawn typeface? Give Magik Wanda a try! futurefonts.xyz/marthasuecoursey

#MagikWanda #KidLit #BookDesign #Type
Ways to use my new font "Magik Wanda" Bookstore branding! Ways to use my new typeface "Magik Wanda" Book Design Ways to use my new typeface "Magik Wanda" Book Design
March 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Elevate your branding with Magik Wanda, a typeface that blends a hand-drawn look with clean elegance. Perfect for home & beauty brands seeking a human touch, Magik Wanda brings warmth and charm to your visuals. 🌟

On FutureFonts.xyz/marthasuecoursey

#VisualBranding, #BrandingInspiration, #Type
March 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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@missionlocal.org the mission high kids and teachers could use some support, my daughter's English teacher tried to speak at the studio board meeting and they didn't make any time for teachers, only students... bsky.app/profile/mart...
marthasuecoursey.bsky.social Martha Sue Coursey @marthasuecoursey.bsky.social · Mar 12
Just listening to oh idk 20+ SF kids as young as 5 beg our dysfunctional school board not to fire their teachers, reading support specialists, nurses, creative writing, esl, counselors etc. My daughter was one of them. 💔 #SFUSD #MissionHigh #SaveOurSchools
March 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Just listening to oh idk 20+ SF kids as young as 5 beg our dysfunctional school board not to fire their teachers, reading support specialists, nurses, creative writing, esl, counselors etc. My daughter was one of them. 💔 #SFUSD #MissionHigh #SaveOurSchools
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Go ahead, keep complaining…
March 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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If you don't know Wanda's work- that's shocking! Because she's the best! Oh and edit- I didn't mean to say she was 'the first' to do author-illustrator/lettering combo but that she pushed that forward quite a lot. More on @Moonbow.books lnkd.in/gqqXz9R8 #wandagag #millionsofcats #newtypeface
March 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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@rbreich.bsky.social I made this for you, thank you for your work.
March 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Hi I hope you are doing ok & I hope you will take a look at my new retro/new/highly illustrative variable typeface- Magik Wanda on FutureFonts. Thank you, be good. www.futurefonts.xyz/marthasuecoursey
#womenintype #futurefonts
March 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Working through a new format on YouTube. Feedback welcome 🙂

Shout out to @marthasuecoursey.bsky.social who had my favorite new typeface this week. Even if you don't watch the video, go check out Magik Wanda on her profile! #typography #fontfeed
Typography News - Vol. 1 - Brand Guidelines, New Fonts, and Silly Street Signs
YouTube video by Jectives
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March 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Random Good Things of the Day & New Typeface Promo.
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#MagikWanda #typeographicornaments #typedesign
March 6, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Have you tried drawing with one of these? With the round tip? It's grand.

The 2nd image here is where this idea began.

Link in my bio for a copy of Magik Wanda ⭐

#MagikWanda #Futurefonts #typedesign #womentypeclub #femmetype #retrotype
March 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Wow! My new typeface, Magik Wanda, is available on Future Fonts! www.futurefonts.xyz/marthasuecou... Use it for books, food/beauty businesses, or any project needing a human touch. It comes in four weights (light to chonky), a variable width axis, and an ornament set.
March 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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New typeface alert! Light, Regular, Semi-Bold & Chonky. Plus ornaments. Monday the 3rd I'm releasing this ode to Wanda Gag, the Vienna Secession and Speedball Series B pens. It'll be on www.futurefonts.xyz/marthasuecou... More soon! #womenintype #newtype #wandagag #viennasecession #speedballpens
March 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Very much helping me to choose a small thing to do each day.

Printing out these cards is a nice one- www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
February 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Don’t Believe Him www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM