iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 25/02/2026

I don’t know if this ever went anywhere, but here is an illustration/brand concept I worked on several years ago for a sparkling iced tea/energy tea concept.

Illustration of a hand with long red nails squeezing a lemon. Sort of has an airbrushed look to it, but it was all digitally painted. Don’t worry, not AI.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 31/01/2026

Just noodling with some in-progress fonts (+ MD Polychrome from @mass-driver.com) A quick rip of the Modern Data magazine: fontsinuse.com/uses/59439/m...

Modern Data / April 1970 / sjcc Atlantic 1970

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 27/01/2026

I quietly updated my website :) matthewsmith.website

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 27/12/2025

New personal website coming in the new year ✨

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 15/10/2024

"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." - Glamorizes hustle culture - Speciest - Was taught to you in elementary school "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." - Metal as fuck - Implies that you are a wizard - No one will know you are testing out a font

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 21/10/2025

I don’t come on here very often and missed this!! Thank you Rutherford so much for supporting the directory! Both through your nameplate but also through your constant encouragement.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 29/07/2025

There is a lot more to this update and there is a lot more planned, but I will let you discover what the directory has to offer for yourself! typefoundry.directory

typefoundry.directory

Type Foundry Directory

The Type Foundry Directory is a curated index of type foundries. Discover new fonts and support independent type foundries.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 29/07/2025

From research to development to maintenance, the directory has largely been an independent effort. I am introducing sponsored nameplates to help provide financial backing which allows me to allocate time, effort, and external resources to future developments.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 29/07/2025

This update also includes the publication of the directory’s “Methodology” which is a very detailed documentation of the directory’s structure, how information is logged, and unpacks its underlying biases.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 29/07/2025

Now having read 400+ End User License Agreements, poured over countless FAQs, and even consulted for foundries, the directory has been completely overhauled with 3x more data and a refreshed design.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 29/07/2025

Today, things are a bit more complicated. The landscape of font licensing has changed drastically in recent years, and the directory’s original simplicity no longer fit my needs.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 29/07/2025

For the past seven years I have been independently maintaining the Type Foundry Directory. What started as a simple link to a spreadsheet that I created in an effort to overhaul my bookmarking system, has since become—what others have told me—an industry essential resource.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 29/07/2025

I am excited to announce the all new Type Foundry Directory! typefoundry.directory

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Letterform Archive @letterformarchive.org · 29/05/2025

Introducing Calligraphic Menagerie✨🖌️⁠ ⁠ Twenty charismatic creatures from the quills of 17th- and 18th-century writing masters celebrate the playful art of flourishing in this set of colorful notecards with accompanying envelopes.⁠ ⁠ Available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/calligr...

Two rabbits made with twirling calligraphic lines.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 10/03/2025

Weekend experiment: a reinterpretation of Gill Kayo.

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Matthew Smith @matthewsmith.website · 01/12/2024

Just made an account, and this was the first person I searched for lol

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