I’ve just discovered a photo of Dresden’s Carola Bridge on my memory card, which I took a month before it collapsed (from below). Everything still looked pretty normal …

Regardless of what you think of the market leader, their Global Font Use Survey is very helpful to the industry and can certainly benefit from participants who do not normally license fonts in the MT ecosystem. So my appeal: please participate. myfonts.com/a/font/monotyp…

After a long time, a real goosebump trance track: Mario de Caine ‘Patagonia’. Can’t wait for an Extended Version. youtube.com/watch?v=paD7yu… #PureTrance

Another important survey, set up by Elliot Jay Stocks and Jake Giltsoff. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

My friend Евгений Юкечев (Eugene Yukechev) and his team Schrift Publishers are finally launching their Schrift Foundry website. Congratulations on the launch! schriftfoundry.com

Being on Creative Boom’s curated ‘Independent type foundries set to be popular with designers in 2025’ list feels very special. Thanks to everyone who has us on their radar. creativeboom.com/resources/20-m… #Fontwerk #CreativeBoom #TypeFoundry

This song has just cracked the 100 plays mark on my iTunes. I could listen to it for hours (and I actually do). It gives me the feeling that everything (EVERYTHING!) is just good. soundcloud.com/carbonbasedlif…

Fontwerk 2.0 – the new website fontwerk.com, the new Base License, the new Trial Fonts and the new Education License – feels like my biggest project so far. I hope this is not a question of age … ;) I’m so happy it’s finally out. Huge thank you to everyone involved!

What’s the best RSS reader app for MacOS these days?

I’m particularly happy about this news: As we also wanted to simplify our academic offering as much as possible, the 50% discount on the entire font range now extends from universities, schools and educational institutions to also include students, pupils, trainees and teachers.

Designer Stefan Gubatz hat das nahezu komplette Raveline-Archiv ins Netz gestellt. Das legendäre Technomagazin lief der Frontpage zwar grafisch hinterher, war inhaltlich aber näher an meinem Erleben elektronischer Musik. Also rein in die Zeitmaschine! raveline.de

Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen wünschte ich, die Wahlkampfteams der #Bundestagswahl2025 hätten meinen zwar etwas betagten, aber weiterhin gültigen Artikel zu „Schrift in der Wahlwerbung“ gelesen. ivo.berlin/schrift-in-der… #btw25 #btw2025

It was exactly 15 years ago today that we published Web FontFonts at FontShop – the first self-hostable webfonts after the webfont services from Typotheque and Typekit.

I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Brandenburg Gate.

Ich habe bereits das Buch von Katja Oskamp mit Begeisterung verschlungen, aber die darauf basierende Serie „Marzahn Mon Amour“ ist eine grandiose Adaption des Stoffen mit sensationell gutem Ensemble, Schnitt und Musik. Absolute Empfehlung … Beides! ardmediathek.de/serie/marzahn-…

The best AI feature so far is that it reminds me of the forgotten attachment BEFORE I send an email.

Danke, Juli Zeh, für diesen beeindruckend reflektierten Beitrag zum Zustand unserer Demokratie. srf.ch/audio/sternstu…

Goodbye, #Skype. You were a loyal companion and actually one of my most used apps right up to the end. Give my best regards to ICQ!