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Using grade to add emphasis easily
Adding a stronger weight to your type when interacting with it is now way easier with variable fonts.
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Day 1 of tiny whoops
Delving in to the very addictive world of tiny whoop drones and the steep learning curve ahead of me.
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Creating link tags with a data file and Nunjucks, using Eleventy
In order to keep site-specific data separate from my templates I've put together a little something something to achieve that.
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Fixing a persistently italic variable font
Using a variable font on your site and its rendering in italics? This might help.
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Reading: "The mysterious loudness control: What does it do?"
A wonderful post on when an obscure design feature went wrong and understanding what it ever did in the first place
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Reading: “Can We Teach Graphic Design History Without the Cult of Hero Worship?”
Getting through my list of things to read, this article from AIGA written by Aggie Toppins had me nodding along throughout.
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The art of retention
I've been trawling through the archives of Paul Rand and it reminded me of an important lesson I'd forgotten about.
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Reflecting on 2022
Like a lot of folks I'm kicking off 2023 looking back at the year past and planning for the next.
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Another chapter begins — I'm joining Twilio
After nearly 6 years of freelancing I've decided to join Twilio on a permanent basis — and it's a daunting thing!
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Nailing your hypothesis for a better variant test
Why your testing plan is your be-all or end-all for useful user research and how a strong hypothesis can help.
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Getting it right in (digital) print
I had to convert a successful quarterly student magazine in to a digital format. Here's what I learnt.
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