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Font Hacking

Posted: Category: Coding

In which we convert Arial Bold into SVG and use the vector shapes to make a radically altered subset before combining it with Arial Bold in a CSS font stack. Oh yes! Read more on “Font Hacking”

An App Icon Font

Posted: Category: Designs

Until now I have singularly failed to promote the availability of Heydings Icons' companion font, Heydings Controls. This is despite the fact that it has been available from Dafont and Font Squirrel for some months. Read more on “An App Icon Font”

A Design Aphorism

The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural, and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God of Being-Good.