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Type, colour, rhythm and the decisions behind them.
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Design · September 23, 2026
A measure is not a width
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Build · September 5, 2026
What a token is actually for
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Design · August 18, 2026
Reading order is the design
A hand-written standfirst, which is the only thing that puts a line of copy between a post's title and its byline. Long enough to wrap, because a single line measures the sentence rather than the masthead.
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Design · July 31, 2026
The letterpress problem
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Build · June 25, 2026
Motion you can turn off
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Content · April 14, 2026
What the screen reader hears
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Design · March 27, 2026
Contrast is a relationship, not a value
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Design · February 1, 2026
A rule drawn, rather than a box
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Content · September 28, 2025
A shorter label wins
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Build · September 10, 2025
Grids that survive a short row
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Design · August 23, 2025
The type scale that stepped wrong
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Build · July 18, 2025
Three states, one standard
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