“The market for something to believe in is infinite.” – Hugh MacLeod From this Seth Godin blog post.…

“How did medieval French handwriting become ‘the Nazi font?’ And why did Hitler make it illegal?” TIL that Hitler gave a speech to the Reichstag about how much he disliked blacklette…

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Howdy, Fine People. Here's issue #70 of Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🧳 This book is an instant add-to-cart: Hotel Retro: Vintage Luggage Labels f…

Over the decade I ran my agency SuperFriendly, more than 700 freelancers passed through our network. Which means I’ve interviewed a lot of freelancers. Across that time, one question proved more re…

The questions Is rendering large SVGs significantly slower than smaller ones? Is there a cut-off size above which things are terrible? And what if these SVGs were PNGs, just for giggles. To answer thi…

This essay is part of a series about Sentient Design, the practice of creating intelligent interfaces with AI. The book Sentient Design by Josh Clark with Veronika Kindred will be published by Ro…

Posted today for no particular reason. The post “A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era” appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.…

There’s a lot that’s not going well; politics, tech bubbles, the economy, and so on. I spend most of my day reading angry tweets and blog posts. There’s a lot to be upset about, so that’s unde…

Read the book, Typographic Firsts Slab serifs, which are frequently featured in old wood type catalogs as among the most functional types, exude vintage qualities – even the new and revival faces re…

On the latest episode of Wake Up Excited!, I talk with my friend Christine Vallaure. Christine is a designer, speaker, and the founder of moonlearning, an online learning platform for UI and product d…