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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 5h
On process, criteria and generative AI letterror.com/ai
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On generative AI at LettError.com
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
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boogypaper.bsky.social @boogypaper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Place’s place Full gallery on commercialtype.com/news Photography by Marjorie Ray @commercialtype.bsky.social
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Look here: new, actual shapes drawn for actual stones, placed in front of a real building that you can visit in person. The work was achieved without any help of word-guessers! Some things sketched by hand! Non-vibe code for actual trigonometry and so on. #lettering letterror.com/articles/klo...
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Lettering for the Kloosterkerk at LettError.com
Typography for the pavement.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 15/09/2026
Fontstand Cooperative now exists. 🚀 After two years of work, it’s officially incorporated in the Netherlands. We’ve opened applications for independent type foundries. Read more, and consider joining us. fontstand.com/news/design-...
Rafał Buchner’s composition for the 2026 Fontstand Conference in Berlin, photographed by Norman Posselt.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So much anger.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Speculative profits on reselling centuries old knowledge¹: check this early German edition of Das Kapital for an insanely competitive price². You need to get on board with this *now*. Real offer. One copy³. letterror.com/bookshop/ 1. From books. 2. €3999 + VAT and shipping. 3. In my collection ✨
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Books for sale at LettError.com
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
An optical size for big? Pixels without hinting? Ligatures that are not really ligatures? Nothing is ever what it seems in type (but everything does its job and you didn’t even notice!) Action Grotesque: platform independent, private equity free. At Commercial Type commercialtype.com/catalog/acti...
This shows the optical size variants for the Action Grotesque typeface. Particularly the registered symbol (®). In the default it is proportioned to work at 8 pt. But that makes it a bit chonky if you use the typeface at bigger sizes. So these variants are a bit smaller.This shows Action Grotesque in different rasterisations. Not all these screens use Truetype hinting. The only way to get consistent results everywhere is to adapt the geometry of the typeface design itself. And that is what Action Grotesque has. Readable on every surface.Rather than include dozens of ligatures, Action Grotesque has alternates for the lowercase f and t. These connect in some contexts, reducing the visual complexity a bit. The connectors are still separate characters so they respect tracking.
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Commercial Type @commercialtype.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We love this use of @letterror.bsky.social's Action Grotesque, on the updated website for the TypeMedia program at the KABK in the Hague: typemedia.org It's particularly great for dense, complicated pages like this: typemedia.org/noordzij/bib...
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Airport Catering Truck One
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Leave graphic design to the designers, I know, so this is as far as I will go. Complex typography in small and big, Action Grotesque is readable at ever size.
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Eye, the international review of graphic design @eyemagazine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Book tickets for #TypeTuesday, 8 Sept 2026 bit.ly/MyFavouriteM... #editorialdesign #graphicdesign #typography
Eye’s Type Tuesday at St Bride
My favourite magazine cover
Covers that count
08.09.26
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Bring your laptop to the beach for some light reading: NEWSLTR¹ №23: Typographic Summer. Sign up for NEWSLTR if you haven’t! buttondown.com/letterror/ar... 1. Newsletter: like social media, but you sign up yourself, there are no billionaires and no one gets angry.
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NEWS LTR №23: Typographic Summer
AG-like lowercase g with unusual stroke configuration and perky apostrophe, on a blue or cloudy sky. Friends of the written letter! You are surely familiar...
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yeah so. One of the reasons to post stuff on these platforms is to present oneself as a capable professional. Not just inspo for the co-workers and fodder for ocean burning AI, but an actual “hey, what if we hire this guy to do that type thing?”. Naive, surely, but it has to start somewhere? 1/3
Collage with 11×11 squares and the blue dot LTR logo at the center. Each square shows letters and typographic by LettError. Colorful, very diverse.  From handdrawn lettering to slick fonts.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fast work 💪 by this year's graduates: the typeMedia 2026 gallery website is up. All the projects, process, sketches and gorgeous typefaces✨ The graduation exhibition is open until Tuesday 🎉 #typefaces #fonts #kabk #typedesign #typemedia #newwork #gradshow 2026.typemedia.org
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These are the graduation projects from the class of 2025—2026: Lisa Bauer, Gabriel Danilo Dukić, Adriana Garcidueñas Villalobos, Maryam Golpayegani, Franziska Hauber, Ayaka B. Ito, Lu/cija Kapetanić, Alaa Tameem, Gintarė Razmaitė, Tereza Umlaufová, and Nu Zając.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Let us not forget the Euler Phonograph. Never successful, despite its extended play. #vinyl #audiophile #math #drawing #fuckai
Drawing of a record player with an impossible spiral shape record. Lettering reads “the Euler phonograph. Extended Play”.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Action Grotesque is a variable-first, reading-first sans serif that continues Erik van Blokland’s exploration of type created in and for the environments where it is most likely to find itself today: screens. Read more: commercialtype.com/catalog/acti...
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Serendipitous discovery of all fonts, articles, drawings & photos by LettError in one single, scrollable and randomised gallery. It is Friday afternoon, what else are you going to do. letterror.com/scroller/
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Scroller: Serendipitous discovery of all fonts, articles, drawings & photos on LettError. A randomised gallery. at LettError.com
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hey scrollers! A thumb and distraction friendly introduction to LettError fonts TL;DR letterror.com/scrollerFonts/ #fonts #typography #newfont #letterror
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Scroller: Serendipitous discovery of all LettError Fonts at LettError.com
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Commercial Type @commercialtype.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NEW RELEASE! Action Grotesque, designed by from Erik van Blokland @letterror.bsky.social is a variable-first, reading-first sans serif designed first and foremost for use on screen. commercialtype.com/catalog/acti...
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Christopher Slye @slye.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Erik van Blokland (and friends), giving me a micro-tour of Berlin, points to the former residence of Trixie… yes, THAT Trixie.
Erik pointing to a doorway with an address of “146”.
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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Someday... (Repost with monster alt text)
18 panel cartoon titled "On the Day That it Happens"
Panel 1- man walking dog in park, looks at phone, says "oh"
Panel 2- two students in a classroom, one is showing the other something on his phone.
Panel 3- a barista at work looks at her phone.
Panel 4- 3 young women riding in a subway car, they're looking at one girl's phone.
Panel 5- two seniors on a sidewalk, the man shows the woman his flip phone screen.
Panel 6- a man in a supermarket talking excitedly to someone on his phone, he grabs extra nachos for his cart.
Panel 7- two women in a hospital, one sitting up in bed, she wears a head wrap and has a couple of IVs in her arms, she is weak but relieved. Her companion sits next to her holding a tablet, smiling a little.
Panel 8- 3 mechanics in a garage laughing over their phones. 
Panel 9- a busy cable news set off air, a producer shows papers of breaking information to anchor woman readying to go on air.
Panel 10- two men happily preparing a meal, one has two bottles of champagne.
Panel 11- man on a stock market floor, on a landline, waving papers to an off panel person, in the background, a man watches a terminal with a table ticking upwards. 
Panel 12- a woman on a balcony, looks to the sky holding a picture frame, in it a couple posed together. 
Panel 13- celebration on a street in San Francisco. Many people holding signs and flags. One sign has a No Kings logo, another says Protect Trans Kids. A woman stands on a newspaper box with a bullhorn, she is reading from her phone.
Panel 14- a lone man in a cap sits in an arm chair watching the news. There are two AR-15s hanging on the wall. He is sullen, his hands balled into fists. 
Panel 15- a smiling man on a porch receiving 4 boxes of pizzas from a delivery man, behind them, friends approach with snacks.
Panel 16- two young men getting fireworks.
Panel 17- family with ice cream and popcorn.
Panel 18- a couple kiss on a patio, fireworks in the sky, inside a news flash in tv "the flash, apparently official..."
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Math
A field with short lines. Only the angle varies. Deep flowing patterns emerge.
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Maurice Meilleur @mauricemeilleur.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Read this from @rusty.todayintabs.com, it’s short and sharp: www.todayintabs.com/p/a-i-isn-t-...
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A.I. Isn't People
How many Reddit posts does it take to learn to read?
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Maurice Meilleur @mauricemeilleur.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
There’s still time to sign up for my online Python for Visual Designers workshop for Type@Cooper @coopertype, Thursdays 6.30–9.30pm US Eastern from 26 March–14 May (8 weeks). coopertype.org/events/pytho...
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Type@Cooper – Python for Visual Designers
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Punch @thepunch.studio · 12/02/2026
Every time Monotype acquires another foundry, the homogenization of type accelerates. The antidote isn't nostalgia—it's supporting indies who still treat type as craft, not content.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
LTR Limited Grotesque®: Probably never at Monotype, but available at letterror.com/limited/ and FontStand. Variable weight humanist sans. More flavor, less baggage. #fonts #typography #lettering #sans
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Fontstand @fontstand.com · 10/02/2026
NEW: LTR Limited Grotesque from LettError Type is a beautifully drawn, semi-informal, low-contrast, illustrative humanist sans serif family with steeply angled italics, in two variable styles, with unexpected extra tails, curves, and characteristic details to stand out. fontstand.com/fonts/ltr-li...
LTR Limited Grotesque from LettError Type.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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So, the smartphone ban in schools is going well … the Stephen Collins cartoon
What are the implications of the smartphone ban for education?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/02/2026
"I understand that it’s not a great look to have exchanged tens of thousands of text messages with The Cannibal King over many years. Still, cut me some slack. We've all had a questionable acquaintance or two in our lives." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jus...
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Just Because I Hung Out in the Cannibal King’s Murder Basement, It Does Not Make Me a Murderous Cannibal
“If I actually wanted to spend my time partying with young women, it would be trivial for me to do so without the help of a creepy loser like Epste...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/01/2026
"While it may have looked like a shooting, it was actually a 'rapid de-escalation outcome.' We recognize that phrases like that may sound invented, which is why we ask you to repeat them anyway."
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A Message from Your Federal Overlords
“Even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account, the Trump administration was in a race to control the narrative around the kill...
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Our brand new Eyeball ep is here! Please share with everyone you know! open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
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Eyeball
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
E + H, the bony lads, practice some dentistry. #ensorHolbein The drawing will continue until morale improves. #dentistry #cartoon
Two skulls, drawn in black shading, on a white background. The lines are rough. The left skull appears to look at the teeth of the right skull. It points with a bony finger and says “CAVITY”. Both skulls appear to be grinning. Which they always do, one supposes. The text balloon is lettered in a rough Fraktur as if the artist wants to make some sort of point. In the bottom right corner, a small ornamented box with “E+H”
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
In a moment of zen, Ensor has dinner with the fish. Where is his friend Holbein? Out dancing probably. It can be read as a gruesome scene, but then again it is rendered in such fetching shading! Artistique! The drawing will continue until morale improves. #ensorHolbein
Black and white drawing of a skull, in the middle of 10 fish. They all look at the skull. Fanciful shading. Are the fish nibbling on the skull? That would be gross. Still. A text label at the bottom reads “Ensor feeds the fish”.
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Robin Kinross @kinross.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Remembering James Mosley hyphenpress.co.uk/2026/01/07/r...
The cover of the Italian edition (2001) of some of James Mosley's essays: Radici della scrittura moderna.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Ensor and Holbein shake their bones. #ensorAndHolbein #dancingSkeletons #drawing #cartoon
A black and white drawing of two skeletons, with bits and rags still attached, doing a wild dance. Letter E and letter H float between the limbs. It could be a reference to James Ensor and Hans Holbein the younger, who, each in his own era, used skeletons to question authority and remind those in power that they are one step away from a neatly cut grave. Check the Holbein engravings.
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Christopher Slye @slye.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
We’ve all been there.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
So how's the algorithm here? You're all angry already?
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Cincinnati
Poster with an image of a frog and the words “Don’t Obey”
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Typotheque @typotheque.com · 05/10/2025
People perceive thickness of letters very individually, and that’s why we are conducting Font Weight Survey to understand the regional preferences of font weight. Could we ask you for 10 min of your time? The findings will be published publicly once we have some results. tptq.com/weight
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
LetterExchange, The Art Workers’ Guild in London, October 15 I will talk about the lettering for the Amsterdam University Library. letterexchange.org/events
Photo of the reflection of the lettering on the outside of the UvA library. You see the bookshelves on in the inside, and the reflection of the letters behind the camera. And a bit of blue sky.
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
"…the main purpose of architecture is to provide surfaces for typography." Polemic! 🍿Fun and interesting things to read in the fresh NEWSLTR №18 Archives here → buttondown.com/letterror/ar... ✏️ Sign up for free! #lettering #fonts #type #architecture
Red capital letter S in the back of a white van. Text reads "NEWSLTR #18 OUT NOW".
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LettError Type @letterror.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Amsterdam University Library letters catching the sun. Nieuwe Doelenstraat, across from De Jaren, if you want to have a beer while looking at Martinus Nijhoff. Read about the design: letterror.com/uva/index.html
A quick visit to the library, shining in the afternoon sun.
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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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Mass-Driver @mass-driver.com · 05/06/2025
Maybe you’ve heard: every font is free! Since fonts aren’t subject to copyright, you can legally ‘pirate’ them if you use a specific loophole! ...except that’s not really true. I’ve seen this claim repeated quite a lot recently, and it’s missing some pretty important nuance. 🧵 A thread:
Alphabet and numbers in a monospaced typeface (MD System Mono, specifically), arranged in a grid. In the bottom row, ‘$0’ (zero dollars) is highlighted in bright red.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Mass-Driver @mass-driver.com · 23/04/2025
Since this seems to have found an audience: hello! Fonts are made by humans and (mostly) sold by small businesses — if you’re going to pirate something (like assets for an anti-piracy ad campaign, for example), there are probably other options to consider first <3
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Mass-Driver @mass-driver.com · 23/04/2025
The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
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“Piracy. It’s a Crime.” PSA
From Wikipedia: “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” is the first sentence and commonly used name of a public service announcement that debuted on July 12, 2004 in cinemas, and July 27 on home media, which wa...
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