Luxury experience
Reflecting on a favorite hotel in Charleston, SC that was just honored as one of the best in America.
Did some grad school work after watching the Andor finale… I had some weird dreams mashing up the two…
Color fonts and signal flags
I’ve been thinking about color fonts lately. Experimenting with the color fonts features in Fontstruct and Glyphs. Trying to better understand how to create color fonts. And while I’m starting to understand how they are made, I’m left with one major question… why?
Why do we need color fonts?
If you don’t know, fonts are typically monochromatic. Black and white only. Color is applied in software like Adobe Illustrator or Microsoft Office. The ability to customize is limitless.
Loved this: Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids. And start raising kind ones.
Overemphasizing individual achievement may cause a deficit of caring. But we don’t actually have to choose between the two. In fact, teaching children to care about others might be the best way to prepare them for a successful and fulfilling life.
On tiredness
Reflecting on feeling tired and worn down.
I have no tolerance for people who preach compassion, but have no compassion.
Leo XIV is notably the first person named Bob to become Pope.
Prom pictures for my Jilly.
I’m writing a paper for class and I’ve just had to cite myself for the first time. That’s a pretty funny feeling…
I know that students love the food delivery robots, but my favorite campus robot is the little grass cutting bot over by the observatory.
I need to finish a couple of class projects for the semester, but instead, I’m designing typefaces.
Clean Slate
Slate Auto announced their new electric pickup truck this week, and I’m intrigued. If you haven’t heard about it, the Slate is a barebones electric truck — intended to be customized — all for under $20,000 with current Federal EV incentives.1
Some of these ideas have been tried before. Jeeps have always promoted modularity and customization. The Slate uses plastic body panels like Saturn did. Toyota tried to target youth with Scion, which was intended to be heavily customizable. But Slate takes these concepts further. Much further:
The Cubs’ offense is fun to watch this year. I’m glad they score lots of runs, because the team sure gives up lots of runs.
Return to Fontstruct
About 16 years ago, I started playing around with Fontstruct, an online tool for crafting modular typefaces. I’ve released 48 designs on Fontstruct and some of those have served as prototypes for designs that I finish in Glyphs, my favorite type design app. I tend to work in Fontstruct intensively for a while, and then disappear for a year or more. But I love the tool and contribute as a “Patron.”
Lately, I’ve been on quite the streak.
Happy Easter from Team Wertz!
Quick favor. I need a few more responses for a pilot study on social media use that I’m doing for a grad school class. It’s a simple Google Form. Completely anonymous and it won’t be used for published research. It’s just for practice – and a grade. Thanks!
Watching the Rocketeer because it’s fun to watch the good guys fight the Nazis.
Spent today at Augusta National with no phone or digital devices. It’s nice to be forced to unplug for the day.
I’m back to playing around on Fontstruct. Just published SbB Powercore, a unicase, pixel-inspired design. I’m digging this combination of unicase characters. Still a work in progress.
One thing about going back to grad school in your late 40s… everyone thinks you are a professor.