Released last November, Wilco Loft Sans remains one of my most favorite projects to date. Four weights born from a vintage, glowing sign hanging in The Loft (Wilco’s recording studio in Chicago).

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“Biodigital jazz, man.”

Had a fun, first “Secret Meeting” of our Simple Type Club yesterday. I talked a bit about the next typeface in progress—Dragönsteel. Doing a repeat of the meeting today at 12pm ET because I botched the date in two newsletters. Anyhow, still time to join!

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Help me clear out some studio space. I just put the hardcovers of “Twenty Bits I Learned About Making Fonts” and “…Websites” on a massive sale for a while✌️ #selfpublishing #inventory #nowheretoputthesnowblower

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Join us for the “Simple Type Club Secret Meeting #1”. Next Thurs April 18 at 12pm ET. Probably over Zoom. We’ll chat type & design & life. Casual. Off-the-cuff. Exclusively for STC members. Reach out for a discount code if you’ve purchased fonts from us!

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New Fonts:

Wilco Loft Sans, an all-caps, high-contrast sans serif. Available in 4 weights: Treble, Midrange, Low End, and Bass!
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We’re in the 92.9% eclipse path here in Eastern Massachusetts. It’s cosmic, and I’m reminded again that everything is stardust and stardust is everything ✨

Back in 1983/84, I was into breakdancing, nylon track suits, fat laces, and drawing imperfect bubble letters on cardboard. I’m kinda still into at least one of those things. Maybe two.

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Back in stock! In opposite colorways (I dislike that word). Our KER N tee and University of College. New hem tags. Same double-takes from the public. Also remaining sizes of other tees on sale. Plus 10% any tee with code TEE10 — Grab ‘em here: simplebits.shop/collections/te…

Rotundo Soft! A new style for an old typeface. Pudgy and wonky and more round than round. A free update for previous license owners (re-download from your receipt email!).

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The KERN hat—It’s now a real thing you can wear. 100% cotton brushed twill “dad hat” style. Drive designers in your general vicinity crazy!

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Little update from the studio today.

Currently kerning the forthcoming Soft style of Rotundo. Kern and Burn. Like literally eyes burning.

Want Rotundo Soft before everyone else? Join our Simple Type Club. We also started a private Slack channel which may or may not be a complete failure.

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It’s going to be a great day.

Feels appropriate to call out the Gloucester captains of Wicked Tuna using our Paint Factory font inspired by the landmark Gloucester building.

I love this show.

So I love Dune, but admittedly don’t know anyone’s name.

Paul. Pretty sure there’s a Paul.

Typeset in Parkly: simplebits.shop/products/parkly

Dune: Part 2 “★ ★ ★ ★ ★”

Just published a blog post with a little more of the story behind our latest typeface, Paint Factory.

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Released this week—Paint Factory. Inspired by hand-painted lettering on the side of an old paint manufactory building nearby in Gloucester, Mass. All caps, weather-worn, sturdy. Comes with Regular & Bold.

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We deserve a prequel to Contact, which focuses primarily on the mysterious life of S.R. Hadden and the rise of Hadden Industries.