The hottest Typography Substack posts right now

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#144 Design Déja Vu

Design Lobster • 479 implied HN points • 08 Jan 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Design Typography Creativity Aesthetics Visual Arts
  1. Corporate Memphis or Globohomo is an overused illustration style characterized by flat colors, geometric elements, and simplistic human figures, popular in Big Tech software.
  2. The Lobster typeface, designed by Pablo Impallari, became widely popular in the 2010s for its retro-contemporary appeal, but font choices should always align with the intended message.
  3. Designers should aim to bring a human touch to designs without relying on typical illustrations, considering alternatives to communicate warmth and humanity.

☞ Creating a Typeface: Humanist Computer

Cabinet of Wonders • 231 implied HN points • 11 Dec 24
🪑 Design Graphic design Visual Arts User Experience Typography
  1. Designing your own typeface can be a fun and creative hobby. It's a way to express yourself and combine art with practical use.
  2. Creating a monospaced typeface for coding can make programming feel more magical, like working with ancient texts.
  3. Working on a typeface is an ongoing process. Even if it's not perfect, seeing your progress can be really rewarding and inspiring.

Type

Fragmentary • 353 implied HN points • 13 Jun 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Typography Fonts eBooks Design
  1. Typography is important and can reveal a lot about a person.
  2. Different materials and mediums can impact the styling and design of typography.
  3. Typography can have a significant impact on readability and accessibility, particularly for individuals with dyslexia.

#129 Luxury design

Design Lobster • 279 implied HN points • 06 Mar 23
🪑 Design Luxury Typography Fashion Creativity
  1. Didone typefaces like Didot bring a sense of luxury and sophistication to design with their high contrast and vertical emphasis.
  2. Consider pushing your design to the extreme and exploring the most extravagant version, like the Jacob & Co Astronomia Solar watch, to challenge yourself and think creatively.
  3. Luxury in design can come from simplicity and refinement, as Coco Chanel pointed out, emphasizing the absence of vulgarity over excessive opulence.
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#116 Sh*t design

Design Lobster • 419 implied HN points • 22 Aug 22
🪑 Design Product Design Typography
  1. Design choices can have long-lasting effects, leading to path dependency that constrains future options.
  2. Simple design changes, like a square-cored toilet roll, can lead to clever outcomes by encouraging efficiency and mindful usage.
  3. Questioning design briefs and challenging the necessity of elements can be a mark of a great designer.

FontDiscovery 🖼️ 154: New Year, New Name

FontDiscovery • 58 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🎨 Art & Illustration Typography Design Branding Naming Creativity
  1. Create a naming matrix to help generate brand names based on word structure and types of names.
  2. Ensure to consider legal issues, domain availability, scalability, and cultural sensitivity when naming your brand.
  3. Naming is an important aspect of branding that involves creating an identity and should be done carefully with input from others.

Lobster long-read #2: Digital Mannerism

Design Lobster • 698 implied HN points • 15 Dec 20
🪑 Design Architecture Typography Modernism
  1. Design in digital interfaces has evolved from skeuomorphism to flat design to neumorphism, combining elements of the real world with digital aesthetics.
  2. The history of architectural movements like Modernism and Post-modernism can provide insights into the evolution of digital design trends, such as Flat Design and the potential for a Digital Baroque.
  3. Current trends in neumorphism in interface design show a shift towards expressive and 3D elements within the constraints of digital screens, akin to the principles of architectural Mannerism.

FontDiscovery 🖼️ 143: Perfect Font for Reading

FontDiscovery • 39 implied HN points • 27 Oct 23
🪑 Design Typography Graphic design Color Inspiration Branding
  1. The featured font for the week is Alegreya, perfect for text-heavy projects like blogs and newsletters.
  2. Alegreya has multiple styles including serif and sans serif versions, making it versatile for various design projects.
  3. Alegreya is recommended for logos, branding, marketing graphics, and publishing projects due to its different weights and styles.

Variable Fonts, Neural Graphic Primitives and Flash-backs

Generative Arts Collective • 65 implied HN points • 24 Sep 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative Arts Creative Coding Typography
  1. Flash technology heavily influenced the development of modern tools used in creative coding and generative arts.
  2. The transition from Flash to other technologies like ActionScript, Processing, and P5 played a significant role in shaping the current landscape of digital art.
  3. Exploring variable fonts and neural graphic primitives can lead to innovative and intriguing creations in the digital art world.

#70 Design illusions

Design Lobster • 139 implied HN points • 31 May 21
🎨 Art & Illustration Design Architecture Typography Perception Context
  1. Design can deceive our eyes through various techniques like overshooting in type design and visual illusions in architecture.
  2. Human visual perception quirks are important to consider in design to create effective and impactful visuals.
  3. Context and wit can be leveraged in design to playfully interact with surroundings, adding depth and interest to the design.

The state with the fancy plates

Basta’s Notes • 40 implied HN points • 11 Apr 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Typography Design Fonts Visual Arts
  1. License plate typography is more detailed than you might think, impacting visibility and individual character legibility.
  2. Most states use sans-serif typefaces for license plates to enhance legibility, with variations like serifs added for character differentiation.
  3. Virginia stands out by using a unique serif typeface on its license plates, which presents challenges in maintaining character equal width and readability.

№.10 Site of Departure, Part Three

AFFALÉ • 1 HN point • 30 Aug 23
🪑 Design Website Design Logo Design Typography User Experience Fashion & Design
  1. The design and implementation of an e-commerce site is crucial for creating a unique online shopping experience.
  2. Customization, personalization, and high-touch interactions can elevate the fashion shopping experience for customers.
  3. Incorporating creative elements like unique logos and visual identities can add depth and character to a brand's online presence.

🥑 Newsletter Wor #20: becoming a developer advocate, succeeding in tech, real-life Squid Game...

Women On Rails Newsletter - International Version • 0 implied HN points • 16 Nov 21
🕹 Technology Web News Career growth Typography Web Tools User Experience
  1. The newsletter includes updates on tech like Angular's version 13 and new tools like Shopify's Hydrogen framework.
  2. Tips on testing faster with Rspec and FactoryBot, using 'create', 'build', and 'build_stubbed'.
  3. Articles feature advice on tech career growth, becoming a developer advocate, and exploring the history of women in typography.