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Everything tagged Typography, wherever it's filed, newest first.
A small Python library that turns plain data into Word documents with a strict Vignelli-style grid, black-and-white charts and zero color, so every reference sheet I print looks like it came from the same shop.
Thread: The design notebook ↗The small art reference kit I keep, a five-color palette with hex codes, a two-font pairing, and a folder of one-page drawing tutorials, plus how I use each one.
Thread: The reference shelf ↗Vignelli is my open-source Obsidian theme for people who want their notes to read like a well-set print document, with serif type, gold rules and a teal highlighter.
Thread: The design notebook ↗Kaybl turns a Plex or Jellyfin library into something that feels like flipping channels. The hard part isn't the channels. It's drawing one guide that works on a TV, a phone and a desktop.
Thread: The design notebook ↗Massimo Vignelli spent sixty years proving you need a grid, a handful of typefaces and a lot of discipline. What that looks like when the page is a browser window.
Thread: The design notebook ↗How this site borrows the warmth of early-'90s Apple ads (editorial type, cream paper, slate ink) and why the fake menu bars and little beige Mac didn't make the cut.
Thread: The design notebook ↗My open-source Python and pygame recreation of the WeatherStar 4000, built for Raspberry Pi and CRT TVs, with live weather data and 26-plus display modes.
Thread: The retro workbench ↗101 old posts, three versions of a design, and one very specific idea about what a personal website should feel like.
Thread: Building this notebook ↗The site looked perfect on my machine and wrong everywhere else. The sneaky reason, and how to self-host web fonts properly.
Thread: Building this notebook ↗