Richard Rutter
@clagnut.com
Cofounder of Clearleft, author of Web Typography, rider of bicycles, listener to vinyl, father of two, husband. Not necessarily in that order.
Blog: https://clagnut.com/
Book: https://book.webtypography.net/
Also: https://mastodon.social/@Richr
Blog: https://clagnut.com/
Book: https://book.webtypography.net/
Also: https://mastodon.social/@Richr
The Web Day Out line-up is finalised! It's a conference all about the latest advances in #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript.
Joining us on stage will be the fantastic @matuzo.at of HTMHell fame.
Use my discount JOIN_RICH for 10%
webdayout.com
Joining us on stage will be the fantastic @matuzo.at of HTMHell fame.
Use my discount JOIN_RICH for 10%
webdayout.com
Web Day Out in Brighton, March 12th 2026
A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today!
webdayout.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Web Day Out line-up is finalised! It's a conference all about the latest advances in #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript.
Joining us on stage will be the fantastic @matuzo.at of HTMHell fame.
Use my discount JOIN_RICH for 10%
webdayout.com
Joining us on stage will be the fantastic @matuzo.at of HTMHell fame.
Use my discount JOIN_RICH for 10%
webdayout.com
@dbushell.com This date picker run-down is excellent - thank you @dbushell.com
pikaday.dbushell.com
#css #html #accessibility
pikaday.dbushell.com
#css #html #accessibility
Pikaday
A friendly guide to front-end date pickers!
pikaday.dbushell.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@dbushell.com This date picker run-down is excellent - thank you @dbushell.com
pikaday.dbushell.com
#css #html #accessibility
pikaday.dbushell.com
#css #html #accessibility
Latest episode of Unfinished.bz #podcast "Contracts and pitfalls"
In which @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social and I talk about contracts, how we use them, some of the pitfalls we’ve both experienced, and what we might have learned.
unfinished.bz/episodes
In which @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social and I talk about contracts, how we use them, some of the pitfalls we’ve both experienced, and what we might have learned.
unfinished.bz/episodes
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business podcast with Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter
Unfinished.bz
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Latest episode of Unfinished.bz #podcast "Contracts and pitfalls"
In which @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social and I talk about contracts, how we use them, some of the pitfalls we’ve both experienced, and what we might have learned.
unfinished.bz/episodes
In which @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social and I talk about contracts, how we use them, some of the pitfalls we’ve both experienced, and what we might have learned.
unfinished.bz/episodes
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Well this is depressing and familiar >>
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
www.higpfy.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Well this is depressing and familiar >>
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
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75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
UX Brighton 2025: UX Economics
…and the expanding skillset.
uxbri.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Don't forget, Service Design Breakfast Club is back this week (already!?)
It's free, friendly and in person. Come along on Thursday to @clearleft.com's studio in #brighton for some fun #serviceDesign chat. Anyone's welcome.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
It's free, friendly and in person. Come along on Thursday to @clearleft.com's studio in #brighton for some fun #serviceDesign chat. Anyone's welcome.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
Service Design Breakfast Club meet-up for UK service designers
Bringing people together from Brighton, Sussex and the South East to network and discuss all things Service Design.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Don't forget, Service Design Breakfast Club is back this week (already!?)
It's free, friendly and in person. Come along on Thursday to @clearleft.com's studio in #brighton for some fun #serviceDesign chat. Anyone's welcome.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
It's free, friendly and in person. Come along on Thursday to @clearleft.com's studio in #brighton for some fun #serviceDesign chat. Anyone's welcome.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
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I'd recommend @tink.uk's talk from FFConf last year: ffconf.org/talks/2024_l... (sorry for the qusai FFConf promotion, but the talk is very very good)
AI & Accessibility: The Good, the Bad... - ffconf.org
Léonie Watson explores the realities of AI and accessibility, separating fact from hype at FFConf.
ffconf.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'd recommend @tink.uk's talk from FFConf last year: ffconf.org/talks/2024_l... (sorry for the qusai FFConf promotion, but the talk is very very good)
‘Soulfracking’
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
‘Soulfracking’
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Make sure you rank your Interop preferences!
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
Interop Feature Ranking
Rank the web platform features you care most about
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Make sure you rank your Interop preferences!
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
Make sure you rank your Interop preferences!
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
Interop Feature Ranking
Rank the web platform features you care most about
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Make sure you rank your Interop preferences!
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
#css #InterOp
Looking forward to reading the debut novel by my good friend @bownie.bsky.social
leanpub.com/humansoftware
leanpub.com/humansoftware
October 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Looking forward to reading the debut novel by my good friend @bownie.bsky.social
leanpub.com/humansoftware
leanpub.com/humansoftware
Had a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with @bell.bz and @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social in the latest episode of Unfinished Business. We talked about indie publishing; pivoting to side-hustles; music & vinyl; and tried to answer how one becomes a web designer nowadays.
unfinished.bz/episodes#ep-...
unfinished.bz/episodes#ep-...
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business podcast with Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter
unfinished.bz
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Had a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with @bell.bz and @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social in the latest episode of Unfinished Business. We talked about indie publishing; pivoting to side-hustles; music & vinyl; and tried to answer how one becomes a web designer nowadays.
unfinished.bz/episodes#ep-...
unfinished.bz/episodes#ep-...
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You should come to @londonwebstandards.org #sotb2026
Early bird tickets are £70
And if you can’t afford it apply for a diversity ticket
2026.stateofthebrowser.com
Early bird tickets are £70
And if you can’t afford it apply for a diversity ticket
2026.stateofthebrowser.com
SotB14 | State of the Browser
Welcome to the fourteenth edition of State of the Browser, a yearly one-day, single-track conference with widely-varying talks about the modern web, accessibility, web standards, and more, organised b...
2026.stateofthebrowser.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You should come to @londonwebstandards.org #sotb2026
Early bird tickets are £70
And if you can’t afford it apply for a diversity ticket
2026.stateofthebrowser.com
Early bird tickets are £70
And if you can’t afford it apply for a diversity ticket
2026.stateofthebrowser.com
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Don't forget Service Design Breakfast at @clearleft.com on Thursday! Free, friendly chatting about all things service design.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
Service Design Breakfast Club meet-up for UK service designers
Bringing people together from Brighton, Sussex and the South East to network and discuss all things Service Design.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Don't forget Service Design Breakfast at @clearleft.com on Thursday! Free, friendly chatting about all things service design.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
Don't forget Service Design Breakfast at @clearleft.com on Thursday! Free, friendly chatting about all things service design.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
Service Design Breakfast Club meet-up for UK service designers
Bringing people together from Brighton, Sussex and the South East to network and discuss all things Service Design.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Don't forget Service Design Breakfast at @clearleft.com on Thursday! Free, friendly chatting about all things service design.
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
servicedesignbreakfast.com
#Brighton #serviceDesign
At @clearleft.com we've just bought tickets for the brilliant #TalkUX conference for a day of fantastic #ux speakers in #Brighton.
It's organised by LadiesThatUX as an inclusive event, so be assured that everyone - including men - is very welcome!
Use FRIENDOFLTUX10 at talk-ux.com#ticket
It's organised by LadiesThatUX as an inclusive event, so be assured that everyone - including men - is very welcome!
Use FRIENDOFLTUX10 at talk-ux.com#ticket
Home - Talk UX Conference 2025
Talk UX: Redesigning Place, 17th–18th September, Brighton, UK. Exploring how UX and human-centred design can improve spaces, experiences and communities.
talk-ux.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
At @clearleft.com we've just bought tickets for the brilliant #TalkUX conference for a day of fantastic #ux speakers in #Brighton.
It's organised by LadiesThatUX as an inclusive event, so be assured that everyone - including men - is very welcome!
Use FRIENDOFLTUX10 at talk-ux.com#ticket
It's organised by LadiesThatUX as an inclusive event, so be assured that everyone - including men - is very welcome!
Use FRIENDOFLTUX10 at talk-ux.com#ticket
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I made a commitment, required of me by NHS gender identity clinics, that I was to live full-time in my acquired gender for the rest of my life. I honour that commitment 100%, and refuse to comply with a court that has no expertise in trans healthcare and chose not to hear any experts.
August 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I made a commitment, required of me by NHS gender identity clinics, that I was to live full-time in my acquired gender for the rest of my life. I honour that commitment 100%, and refuse to comply with a court that has no expertise in trans healthcare and chose not to hear any experts.
In other news, 11 days after they broke it, Virgin Media finally fixed our TV and internet connection.
August 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In other news, 11 days after they broke it, Virgin Media finally fixed our TV and internet connection.
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Sad to hear tech pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley has passed away. If you've never heard her story it's remarkable:
open.spotify.com/episode/37sZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/37sZ...
Dame Stephanie Shirley
Desert Island Discs · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Sad to hear tech pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley has passed away. If you've never heard her story it's remarkable:
open.spotify.com/episode/37sZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/37sZ...
The kids are bereft. Cast asunder. In the process of connecting next door Virgin Media have knackered our TV and internet. No engineer until Tuesday, and that’s after me kicking off about them saying Thursday.
August 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The kids are bereft. Cast asunder. In the process of connecting next door Virgin Media have knackered our TV and internet. No engineer until Tuesday, and that’s after me kicking off about them saying Thursday.
I bloody well hope so... this anti-trans dogma is vile and dehumanising, and has real world consequences on a great many people.
"The EHRC's guidance is subject to legal challenge – a hearing is scheduled for later this year.
Given the evident hostility of the guidance to the rights and dignities of trans people we are confident the Commission will lose." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Given the evident hostility of the guidance to the rights and dignities of trans people we are confident the Commission will lose." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
August 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I bloody well hope so... this anti-trans dogma is vile and dehumanising, and has real world consequences on a great many people.
If you see a site that is age-blocked because of the UK Online Safety Act, and you think it shouldn't be, you can report it here to build a body of evidence for reform. (eg. DMing here on Bluesky is blocked)
www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks
www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks
Online Safety Act - shutdowns and site blocks
Report incorrectly blocked sites on UK ISP and mobile networks.
www.blocked.org.uk
August 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If you see a site that is age-blocked because of the UK Online Safety Act, and you think it shouldn't be, you can report it here to build a body of evidence for reform. (eg. DMing here on Bluesky is blocked)
www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks
www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks
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I can’t imagine there’s anyone who hasn’t bought this wonderful EP, but just in case, now would be a patricularly good day to do it
Today is #HiroshimaDay, marking 80 years since the devastating atomic bombing. My song Paper Cranes documents an emotional visit to the peace museum and an encounter with a survivor. Today and every Aug 6, I’ll donate any profits to a Hibakusha charity. sitenonsite.bandcamp.com/album/hirosh...
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I can’t imagine there’s anyone who hasn’t bought this wonderful EP, but just in case, now would be a patricularly good day to do it