Johannes López Ayala
@typographer.bsky.social
Design, writing, art, philosophy, jazz, fonts. Lots of fonts. ⦿ Didn’t think I’d turn my profile into a moodboard, but here we go ⦿ Mastodon: https://typo.social/@jla
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Put commuters in the sky. Keep the streets to flâneurs.
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happy holidays from this vowel wreath by Jim Leftwich
December 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
happy holidays from this vowel wreath by Jim Leftwich
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Taku Sugimoto, 1975
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Taku Sugimoto, 1975
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MILAN Le complexe sportif de 1976 et la Dyane, dommage, ça n'a pas duré longtemps, le toit s'est effondré lors de la fameuse chute de neige de 1985.
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
MILAN Le complexe sportif de 1976 et la Dyane, dommage, ça n'a pas duré longtemps, le toit s'est effondré lors de la fameuse chute de neige de 1985.
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Écluse de la Monnaie - 1909
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103272
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103272
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Écluse de la Monnaie - 1909
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103272
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103272
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Contra natura | Odd Nerdrum
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Contra natura | Odd Nerdrum
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We re-publish this article initially written in 2000 by Evert Bloemsma (1958-2005), and never published to our knowledge. Evert discusses the challenges and considerations involved in typeface design:
➽ typofonderie.com/gazette/look...
➽ typofonderie.com/gazette/look...
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We re-publish this article initially written in 2000 by Evert Bloemsma (1958-2005), and never published to our knowledge. Evert discusses the challenges and considerations involved in typeface design:
➽ typofonderie.com/gazette/look...
➽ typofonderie.com/gazette/look...
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André Brasilier (b. 1929).Les Vignes.
December 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
André Brasilier (b. 1929).Les Vignes.
Reposted by Johannes López Ayala
Reposted by Johannes López Ayala
Reposted by Johannes López Ayala
Sinfonia Venezia, by Bruno Rosso.
December 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sinfonia Venezia, by Bruno Rosso.
Hyperloop? Robotaxi? Get in the sea.
This 👇 is the future of sustainable public transport.
www.youtube.com/live/F6gk-te...
This 👇 is the future of sustainable public transport.
www.youtube.com/live/F6gk-te...
Créteil France Live🎥 - Le Premier Téléphérique d'Île-de-France - CABLE CAR C1
YouTube video by THE EXPLORER
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hyperloop? Robotaxi? Get in the sea.
This 👇 is the future of sustainable public transport.
www.youtube.com/live/F6gk-te...
This 👇 is the future of sustainable public transport.
www.youtube.com/live/F6gk-te...
I missed the @ohno podcast so much, I’ll relish every word of this 75-minute audio infomercial
ohno-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
ohno-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
The Ohno Book | Ohno Radio
James Edmondson and Colin Ford talk about the origins and purpose of "The Ohno Book: A Serious Guide to Irreverent Typography.” They discuss trend forecasting in type design, the instructional approac...
ohno-radio.simplecast.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I missed the @ohno podcast so much, I’ll relish every word of this 75-minute audio infomercial
ohno-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
ohno-radio.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
—W. Edwards Deming
—W. Edwards Deming
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A bad system will beat a good person every time.
—W. Edwards Deming
—W. Edwards Deming
“What the Monotype rep did next is … what a malicious hacker does … trying to get someone from your company to click on a link that’ll install malware … [T]he rep messaged a dozen … people …, hoping to hook just one person who would reply to the scary message”
www.insanityworks.org/randomtangen...
www.insanityworks.org/randomtangen...
Monotype font licencing shake-down — Insanity Works
tl;dr Don’t try to shake-down a typography nerd with your dubious, automated claims about his employer using unlicensed fonts. How it started It started with a LinkedIn InMail message (sanitised...
www.insanityworks.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“What the Monotype rep did next is … what a malicious hacker does … trying to get someone from your company to click on a link that’ll install malware … [T]he rep messaged a dozen … people …, hoping to hook just one person who would reply to the scary message”
www.insanityworks.org/randomtangen...
www.insanityworks.org/randomtangen...
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Painting by Marie Lenclos ‘Coming Home’ 2020.
Oil on linen. Size: 73 x 54 cm.
Oil on linen. Size: 73 x 54 cm.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Painting by Marie Lenclos ‘Coming Home’ 2020.
Oil on linen. Size: 73 x 54 cm.
Oil on linen. Size: 73 x 54 cm.
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Strange Geometry. Les Étoiles, Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
Photograph: Robert Doisneau
Photograph: Robert Doisneau
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Strange Geometry. Les Étoiles, Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
Photograph: Robert Doisneau
Photograph: Robert Doisneau
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mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
I’m now 3½ hours into “CMブレーク 「Complete Volume」“. That’s 244 tracks or 7+ hours of vintage plunderphonics/nipponwave canned advertising, jingles, and broadcast announcements. asutenki-archive.bandcamp.com/album/cm-com...
CMブレーク 「Complete Volume」, by 天気予報
244 track album
asutenki-archive.bandcamp.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m now 3½ hours into “CMブレーク 「Complete Volume」“. That’s 244 tracks or 7+ hours of vintage plunderphonics/nipponwave canned advertising, jingles, and broadcast announcements. asutenki-archive.bandcamp.com/album/cm-com...
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I like my neighbors, but I can never accept their constantly shouting at “ALEXA!!” (apparently mid-conversation) for picking the wrong song as perfectly sane and normal behavior.
November 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I like my neighbors, but I can never accept their constantly shouting at “ALEXA!!” (apparently mid-conversation) for picking the wrong song as perfectly sane and normal behavior.
I haven’t slept in 52 hours and random people keep stopping to compliment me on my make-up tonight? WTF
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I haven’t slept in 52 hours and random people keep stopping to compliment me on my make-up tonight? WTF
I don’t know about you, but I love when I’m asked to ‘create a free account to keep reading’.
It means that I can close the browser window, forget about that particular news source forever, and enjoy 15 free minutes I would’ve lost to a less than insightful article otherwise.
It means that I can close the browser window, forget about that particular news source forever, and enjoy 15 free minutes I would’ve lost to a less than insightful article otherwise.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I don’t know about you, but I love when I’m asked to ‘create a free account to keep reading’.
It means that I can close the browser window, forget about that particular news source forever, and enjoy 15 free minutes I would’ve lost to a less than insightful article otherwise.
It means that I can close the browser window, forget about that particular news source forever, and enjoy 15 free minutes I would’ve lost to a less than insightful article otherwise.
Reposted by Johannes López Ayala
Star Funk 🇺🇸 She Can't Love You / Feel the Same (Radio) · Sweet Tooth T www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXw_... 🎵🇺🇸🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵 🇺🇸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4fG... 🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Star Funk 🇺🇸 She Can't Love You / Feel the Same (Radio) · Sweet Tooth T www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXw_... 🎵🇺🇸🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵 🇺🇸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4fG... 🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎵
Had to work with PowerPoint for a few days straight and gained the impression it knows ~exactly~ how to make a designer suffer.
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Had to work with PowerPoint for a few days straight and gained the impression it knows ~exactly~ how to make a designer suffer.
Got a spam mail trying to sell me the ugliest tech gadget ever.
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Got a spam mail trying to sell me the ugliest tech gadget ever.