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Studio Notes #108

Howdy, Fine Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👻 Light Capsules is an incredible project that uses light projection to bring ghost signs back to life. What a fantastic use of tech to keep something analog from fading away completely. I love

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Studio Notes #107

Hello hello, Good People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. ⚾️ An ode to the iconic typography of Topps trading cards from 70s and 80s. There is something about the flat, offset printing on the back of the chipboard-ish card that always

Studio Notes #106

Greetings and Good Vibes to you, Fine Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🪀 I’m mesmerized by Hajime Miura’s freestyle performance at the 2026 World Yo-Yo Contest in Japan. The artistry and skill here is insane. The crowd’s

Studio Notes #105

Hello, My Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🪡 Came across Valeria Duque’s series of embroidered photographs and it made me happy. Choosing to cross-stitch only portions of the photo with color-matched thread makes for such an interesting image.

Studio Notes #104

Howdy, Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. At the risk of celebrating too much, I realize #104 means this little newsletter started exactly 2 years ago. Let’s keep it going :-) 🔌 Look, I’m not saying I need a 10-foot

Studio Notes #103

Hello, Autumnal Friends (and friends in the Southern hemisphere as well). Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👾 Tiny5 is a retro pixel font that packs a lot of nostalgia into a five pixel tall typeface. What's even more interesting are

Studio Notes #102

Greetings and Good Morning to you, Fine People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. ⚖️ Most mornings, I make my own decaf espresso at home and have dialed in the ritual. Exactly 18 grams of unground beans requires measuring, and this Subscale dosing

Studio Notes #101

Good Morning, Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🧊 The founders of YETI coolers shared their story on How I Built This and I thought the bit about patents was interesting (among other highlights). Essentially, they decided to completely avoid the expense

Studio Notes #100

Hello, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. This week we’re celebrating the 100th issue of the newsletter! Thanks for your support and feedback—it's kept me going :-) Oh, and all Goods are on sale for 25% off (details

For Secret Club Members

Secret Livestream: August ’26

Last week we did another livestream for Secret Club™ members, continuing the font project we started from scratch in Glyphs. I record these hour-long sessions off-the-cuff for members to watch later whenever they'd like. This time around, we brought it into Glyphs 4 to go

Studio Notes #99

Greetings, Very Cool People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🎨 Artist Noah Verrier makes still-life oil paintings of modern, everyday, foods on a table. Uncrustables, Pringles with a wine glass, a Domino's Pizza Box, etc. Like a modern day

Studio Notes #98

Hello hello, my Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 💾 A magnetic power bank that looks like an old floppy disk. Yep, I'm certainly the target audience for one of these. The little tiny screen and 64GB storage are nice

An Update for Hubano

Now available, Hubano 2.0! I added two more weights, some additional glyphs and symbols—plus many fixes and tweaks. I'm excited that this one has a lot more versatility now that just the single, thin weight it launched with. Hubano is an all-caps display serif inspired

Studio Notes #97

Summer Greetings, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🦈 A group of friends in Quincy, Massachusetts recreated the entire Jaws movie shot for shot over eight years. It's fun to just scrub to random points to see how they creatively

Hubano 2 Pre-Release

I've taken some time to revisit Hubano, my display serif inspired by some lettering found on a Cuban cigar box. Initially, it was a single weight that matched the lettering, but it was rather thin. Great for some situations, but limited! I've added two additional, thicker

Studio Notes #96

Grand risings, my friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 👾 Coral Pixels is a new color font that's inspired by “subpixel rendering techniques”. I can't tell if I love this, or dislike it :) Either way, it's

I Shot the Serif

Or rather, I took photos of the new Serif goods that are now in the shop. I love a good typography pun, and this one was inspired by a hat I wore 20 years ago from the late and beloved Veer (a wonderful type and goods shop that has long

Studio Notes #95

☕️ At first, I was admiring the retro branding and site for Orange Handle Coffee, and then realized it was a company devoted entirely to decaf (diners often used orange handles on decaf pots so as not to mix them up with the high-test stuff). And that's okay!

Studio Notes #94

Hey there, Friends. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 📞 iPhone charging docks that look like old pay phone enclosures. Complete with optional graffiti, stickers, and urban wear by mural artist, Nicky Davis. I always dig a good mix of old and new

Studio Notes #93

Howdy, Pardners. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 📷 A few ol’ internet pals have released v1.0 of their Mac photo editing app, Aphera—“Raw editing for photographers who chase feeling over formula”. It looks fantastic, and I'm looking forward

Studio Notes #92

Hello there, Very Fabulous Folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🎥 Christopher Nolan's upcoming The Odyssey film was filmed entirely on IMAX cameras. Because of the size and sound dampening enclosure, it means it got in the way of the

Introducing Kyroh

Greetings Simple Friends, Today I'm excited to officially release my latest typeface, Kyroh. It's available for sale in the shop, and has also been distributed to all Secret Club members. Kyroh is an all-caps, sans-serif display font inspired by a vintage luggage label from

Studio Notes #91

Greetings, Excellent People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🚩 Felt pennant flags have always been cool and Roman Boujo traced their origin from Middle Ages wars through early 20th century college football. There truly is something about cut-out felt sewn onto

For Secret Club Members

Kyroh Pre-Release

Today, I'm excited to share the pre-release of Kyroh (my latest typeface) with Secret Club members. ✨Secret Club members get all SimpleBits® fonts including pre-releases plus additional perks. Kyroh is an all-caps, sans-serif display font inspired by a vintage luggage label from the National

Studio Notes #90

Hello, Kind People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🪣 Studio DRAMA has done some outstanding custom typeface work for KFC’s new rebrand. I mean, I prefer Dave's Hot, Cane's, or even Popeye's, but The Colonel