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18th February 2020 at 09:47

This Google Fonts subsetting thing is cool. Append your url with &text= with the characters you want. Tests: With subsetting (~21k): https://cdpn.io/andybelldesign/debug/95773da82c7eaf769a6a9fb86c563c9d Without subsetting (~11k): https://cdpn.io/andybelldesign/debug/b993258f2a59ce956eae99d94fe48ab5 I only use Playfair for headings on the new piccalilli site and I’ll still serve the font locally, but generating it like this is hella useful. Nice work, fonts […]

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17th February 2020 at 10:39

I’m going to do a stream this afternoon of me starting the post/tutorial template on the new https://piccalil.li site. I’m also giving Firefox another run. I’ll start at about 15:00 UTC. https://www.twitch.tv/hankchizljaw

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17th February 2020 at 08:45

Some advice for both designers and devs. Your first pass at something will almost always not be optimal, but you’ve got something to work with and iterate on. Brute-force the solution and then optimise it after, instead of complicating things from the outset. I have this on my shelf, by Brendan Dawes and I strongly […]

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