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Swell Type
Company blog · swelltype.comdesignhistory
Swell Type is the company blog at swelltype.com, writing about design and history. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Readers link Swell Type, a type designer's blog, for his font work, including the Avatar font and his commercial typefaces. The comments discuss the fonts rather than the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Fonts designed by John Roshell in sunny Southern California
What Hacker News says?
The sample image [1] of the author shows 'AVATAR' with much less spacing between A and R, which looks much better in my opinion. [1] https://swelltype.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Avatar-samp...
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Avatar-samples1.png
on “Yep, I created the new Avatar font”Submitted Yep, I created the new Avatar font as a story · 644 points
HN discussionI imagine he's in a hard position. He makes fonts for TV shows / games / etc, and they tend to be silly/weird/unique. He kinda needs to use his own typeface for his blog, and he doesn't have a lot of "sane" options to choose from! (Here's the font used for the paragraphs: https://swelltype.com/commercial-fonts/hyperspace-race/ )
Comment linking /commercial-fonts/hyperspace-race/
on “Yep, I created the new Avatar font”Submitted Fred Gehrke, creator of the first football helmet logo (2021) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
