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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 5d

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

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PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14d

#NoKings Cincinnati

Poster with an image of a frog and the words “Don’t Obey”

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Typotheque @typotheque.com · 27d

People perceive thickness of letters very individually, and that’s why we are conducting Font Weight Survey to understand the regional preferences of font weight. Could we ask you for 10 min of your time? The findings will be published publicly once we have some results.
tptq.com/weight

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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 27d

LetterExchange, The Art Workers’ Guild in London, October 15 I will talk about the lettering for the Amsterdam University Library.
letterexchange.org/events

Photo of the reflection of the lettering on the outside of the UvA library. You see the bookshelves on in the inside, and the reflection of the letters behind the camera. And a bit of blue sky.

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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · Aug 5

"…the main purpose of architecture is to provide surfaces for typography." Polemic! 🍿Fun and interesting things to read in the fresh NEWSLTR №18 Archives here → buttondown.com/letterror/ar...
✏️ Sign up for free! #lettering #fonts #type #architecture

Red capital letter S in the back of a white van. Text reads "NEWSLTR #18 OUT NOW".

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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · Jul 21

Amsterdam University Library letters catching the sun. Nieuwe Doelenstraat, across from De Jaren, if you want to have a beer while looking at Martinus Nijhoff. Read about the design: letterror.com/uva/index.html

A quick visit to the library, shining in the afternoon sun.

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · Jun 26

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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Mass-Driver @mass-driver.com · Jun 5

Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole!

...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance.

🧵 A thread:

Alphabet and numbers in a monospaced typeface (MD System Mono, specifically), arranged in a grid. In the bottom row, ‘$0’ (zero dollars) is highlighted in bright red.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 25

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Mass-Driver @mass-driver.com · Apr 23

Since this seems to have found an audience: hello! Fonts are made by humans and (mostly) sold by small businesses — if you’re going to pirate something (like assets for an anti-piracy ad campaign, for example), there are probably other options to consider first <3

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Mass-Driver @mass-driver.com · Apr 23

The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.

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Melissa Lewis @melissa.news · Apr 20

TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language.

“Piracy. It’s a Crime.” PSA

From Wikipedia: “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” is the first sentence and commonly used name of a public service announcement that debuted on July 12, 2004 in cinemas, and July 27 on home media, which wa...

fontsinuse.com

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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · Apr 13

Sign up for the LettError newsletter! buttondown.com/letterror #type #lettering #fonts #typography #letterror #newsletter

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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · Mar 11

An update for LTR Very Bauble! The OG characterset was a bit sparse, so I added about 2500 more! All animated with lines, thorns and pips. One axis, five masters. These were already having a party and now they are having a ball. #ad #update #tuscan #variablefont ‪letterror.com/verybauble/index…‬

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litherland @lither.land · Jan 22

Reminded today that Women in Type (Fiona Ross, Alice Savoie) is such a wonderful and important project. 🙏 www.women-in-type.com

Women in Type — Rediscovering women’s contribution to type history

‘Women in Type’ is a research project highlighting the work of women as key contributors to the design process of many renowned typefaces of the 20th century.

www.women-in-type.com

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Erik @letterror.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 21

(This is the entire marketing plan for LettError Type in one compact image / catalog and logo.)

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Erik @letterror.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 21

Last December, TypeToday's @ruderman asked me lots of thoughtful questions and I did my best to reply. But there are drawings and some excellent letters drawn in imaginative and novel styles. So there's that! @typetodaynews

You think these things are easy until you actually try to figure out the math. And when the bits fall on the floor and you step on them.

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · Jan 16

The most up to date website who collect new fonts releases is this one by Dan Burzo. 💪

type-atlas.xyz/news/

News · Atlas of Type

A directory of contemporary type design, with a focus on active, independent type designers and foundries who distribute their fonts through a dedicated web presence or though a small selection of rep...

type-atlas.xyz

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Erik @letterror.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 14

If you're on MacOS Sequoia, and you're used to clicking on the Desktop to get hold of the Finder, check SysPrefs / Desktop & Dock / Desktop & Stage Manager / Show Items: ☑️ On Desktop. #apple #macos #sequoia #systempreferences #desktop #finder

Screenshot of the MacOS System Preferences window. Particulary the Dekstop & Dock tab and the "On Desktop" checkbox.

Maybe you already knew about this. I needed to look it up.

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Erik @letterror.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 10

A 10 second animation made by Lars van Blokland and me is part of the DEMO festival on January 30th. On all 9:16 screens in The Netherlands! https://demofestival.com/designers/lars-2b-erik-van-blokland
Locations: https://demofestival.com/location #demofestival […]

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Still from the 10 second video "Shiny Unground". It looks like a tube station, but very shiny, and wobbly. It is probably for the best that public transport does not move in this way.

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Erik @letterror.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 10

Some typographic news to read on this Friday afternoon while we ease into a weekend? NEWS LTR №13: This & That is in your mailbox, and also right here: https://buttondown.com/letterror/archive/news-ltr-no-13-this-that/
#mailinglist #newsletter #typography #pots

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Erik @letterror.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 8

Typo.social has no fact checkers on contract, but I know you will call out bullshit when you see it. This is an invite to sign up to the LTR Newsletter if you haven't already. Commercial motives clearly on the table, this is an #ad. If you like seeing my work […]

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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · Jan 5

That place in the middle, sometimes the closest humans are the astronauts in the ISS passing by.

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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · Jan 2

Someone has to get on a crane, remove the front panels, replace the broken units. And then prepare to do this regularly.

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Christoph Koeberlin @christoph.koe.berlin · Dec 27

If you search with Google instead of DuckDuckGo (which you shouldn’t), use udm14.com for #AI⁠-free search results
(via @sayadaramdial.bsky.social)

&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code

A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.

udm14.com

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