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  • Variable Width Fonts

    I know very little, way less than I should, about the new variable typography stuff that’s been gaining traction and was discussed in css-tricks’ most recent shop talk episode. 

    However, I’m having serious skepticism about how they can replace entire font families. There’s a lot of the discerning human eye in creating various weights (and especially italic versions) of fonts. I just can’t picture how some math algorithm can make that go away.

  • Easiest Pizza Recipe Ever

    Mix salt, pepper, oregano, or whatever with some olive oil and brush it on some flour tortillas.

    Place face down on a baking sheet.

    Spoon on tomato sauce.

    Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and any other toppings.

    Bake at 400º for 15 minutes or whatever.

  • Life in 2024 so far

    Teaching has shifted to administration

    The huge migration is nearly done

    My wife and kids are beautiful

  • Multiple master icons

    Multiple master icons

    Just like fonts, icons can be designed in different weights. Here’s how it works in my current design, chubbicons:

     

    These are all rendered at 32×32. The bold weight was designed with 1 pixel wide stroke on a 9×9 grid, while the light weight was 1 pixel on an 18×18 grid. The solid is just solid with some white 1 or 2 pixel details.

    Everyone’s so big on the outlined icons, but I have a feeling solids will come back in style.

  • Done with apple

    I had planned on picking up a new mini for my kids once the imac g5 loaner goes back, but this puts me over the edge:

    http://www.switched.com/2009/03/17/new-ipod-shuffle-only-usable-with-apple-authorized-headphones/

    It seems that apple has begun the same downward spiral toward pissing off the customer base that nearly ruined Microsoft. I hope they can turn it around.

  • Digital

    You truly are a digital artist when you understand what a point is. I still don’t.