litherland

litherland, 2 months ago to random

This is a tough one. I was an editor at A Book Apart for more than a decade, and it was the honor of a lifetime. We left everything on the field, all of us, always. We sweated the details. I loved everyone I worked with, from my colleagues to all of the authors.

What an honor. Thank you, everyone. ❤️

https://www.getdrip.com/broadcasts/980319841/3e433208c98dc54ebd321

litherland, 8 months ago to random

Incredibly cool. https://www.wordsoftype.com

litherland, 3 months ago to random

Oh, look—Ionic Modern by @greg and Paul Barnes, released today by @commercial https://commercialtype.com/catalog/ionic_modern

And Paul wrote an essay about it, with lots of great images: https://commercialtype.com/catalog/ionic_modern

litherland, 1 month ago to random

“The industry’s protective ecosphere is strong. A coterie of enablers, some unwittingly, foster the myth. Regulators have been absent and afraid to challenge the PE behemoth.”

https://carey.jhu.edu/articles/research/private-equity-business-not-all-its-cracked-be

litherland, 11 months ago to random

Very grateful for this series from Frere-Jones Type that resists Monotype’s flattening and erasure. History is important. This is important. Text by @onpaperwings. https://frerejones.com/blog/designing-surveyor

litherland, 11 months ago to random

“But if there’s anything I know about practicing it’s that it isn’t about rules or consistency or scarcity or god forbid optimizing: it’s about coming back. A practice is built on the movement of return.” @aworkinglibrary

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/fifteen-or-one-third

litherland, 9 months ago to random

Some typefaces have glyphs for primes and double primes, but not all do. I know that common usage tends to compress straight quotes and primes, i.e., most people just use straight quotes when they mean primes. Do you (type friends) think there is an increasing tendency not to design primes? Is it considered a waste of time? For me primes and straight quotes are very different things, but I totally get that most people probably don’t think about the difference.

litherland, 5 months ago to random

Oh, wow. Adobe no longer acquiring Figma. https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24005996/adobe-figma-acquisition-abandoned-termination-fee

litherland, 5 months ago to random

“I work well with slightly crazier people, I balance them out. I like seeing how things can get better, not fighting things for the sake of fighting them but listening to things that people suggest. You reach a point where you realise you’re not always right, in fact, there really is no right or wrong, you just keep trying stuff until it clicks.”

Rereading this interview with Chris Dixon https://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/reputations-chris-dixon

litherland, 4 months ago to random

An interesting exchange with someone today about Arial made me wonder if most people really do think of type more in terms of product than in terms of process.

Greg Gazdowicz certainly recognizes this and has thought about this in depth; that’s one reason I love Terza so much.

Oliver Reichtenstein has thought about it, too.

The type I use to write, the type I edit in—this matters hugely to me; it’s not trivial.

litherland, 3 months ago to random

For those who haven’t seen it yet, Jan Gerner (Yanone) has started a fundraiser to help type designer Hasan Abu Afash and his family evacuate Gaza. Chip in if you can! https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-type-designer-hasan-abu-afash-from-gaza

litherland, 11 months ago to random

Private equity snaps up Moog: “The acquisition means Moog is no longer employee-owned; those owners are now bought out.” https://cdm.link/2023/06/moog-music-has-been-bought-by-inmusic/

scott, 3 months ago to random

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litherland, 3 months ago to random

I always think that the past tense of “troubleshoot” should be “troubleshat.”

litherland, 2 months ago to random

Oh, wow. Fuck Monotype.

https://www.dstype.com/newsletter/dear-customers-colleagues-friends

litherland, 4 months ago to random

A five-part series on modern handwriting by Sébastien Morlighem? How did I miss this?

https://www.typotheque.com/articles/modern-handwriting-a-historical-survey-1

litherland, 1 month ago to random

“Private equity is an industry that thrives on failures. It is a form of economic activity with so few redeeming features that even a sympathetic account of its workings becomes an indictment of its track record, its culture, and its practices.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/167819/grim-secrets-private-equity-sachin-khajuria-review