• Response to How can I improve the typography on my site?

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    I have been thinking about the typography on my website for months in the back of my head. Every so often, I ask myself: is the typography as good as it can be? First, I wonder whether I should start using a custom font. If I recall correctly, I am using a web-safe default font right now. Maybe a new font will add more character to my blog?
    You may be interested in On Web Typography (their other books on design are really good, too).

    Your typography for each element should help that element fit its purpose on that given page. i.e. you wouldn't want bold 36px text for your blog posts. Your font sizes for blog post text will probably be different between the main page and the blog post detail page because the purpose of the text is different. Serif fonts, that is fonts with caps on the end are easier to read for longer texts. Give it room to breathe.

    You can also use different colors of text to increase/reduce emphasis of a particular element. I use thisΒ  technique quite a bit in Tanzawa. For example the page I'm using to write this reply looks like this:

    Smaller fonts in light gray de-emphasis less important bits


    Typography and design are deep subjects and are, in many ways, exactly like programming in the following sense: "Give a man a program, frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to pgoram, frustrate him for a lifetime."

  • Checkin to Starbucks

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    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Post health check coffee.

  • Checkin to γƒͺーフ みγͺとみらい

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    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Health check done.

  • Response to Weeknotes #113

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    I’ve got a spreadsheet where I track the Apple products I own and one of the columns in it is the per day cost. My current Mac (a 13” MacBook Pro I purchased in 2017) remains the most expensive Mac I’ve bought measured on that basis and will remain so until early July. If I want to wait until it’s cost me, say, Β₯100 a day, Soulver is telling me I need to wait until 5 December 2024 (!).
    You got me curious about my mid-2014 Macbook Pro. I bought it Nov 21st, 2014. That's 7 years 3 months, and 22 days ago. Or 2671 days. Cost was $2699 (before tax), which puts me right at $1.01 per day. 4 more weeks and I'll hit that dollar / day mark!

    Really want to replace it with something new. But will wait until I feel peace about buying another Mac...having everything on 1 chip (but this also hasn't been a problem on my current machine, so maybe the problem is moot).

  • Checkin to Tully's Coffee

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    in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
    εˆ₯θ…Ή w/ Leo. His idea.
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