@andycarolan Delightful work, Andy!
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Norway's largest PTCG database, asked me to help update their community site branding with a new logo, a fresh new banner and a logo for the busy forum, PokéSnakk. -
New post: Open Source Needs to be Financially Symbiotic@zachleat Really appreciate the openness here, Zach
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Someone offline told me they were surprised to see me boost recent @font.awesome announcements given my history with icon fonts.TL;DR: Font Awesome’s value goes beyond a `.woff2` file, they seem really nice, and their decision to support and elevate projects like @eleventy and Shoelace (now Web Awesome) is really exciting. (5/5)
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Someone offline told me they were surprised to see me boost recent @font.awesome announcements given my history with icon fonts.Everyone I’ve met or follow who works there has been talented and kind. While my writing about icon fonts drew plenty of criticism (see https://tylersticka.com/journal/burned-by-my-own-hot-take/), they haven’t directed any negativity my way. (4/5)
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Someone offline told me they were surprised to see me boost recent @font.awesome announcements given my history with icon fonts.Their icon font predates any popular understanding of that technique’s shortcomings by a few years. They do a ton to support SVG as a valid alternative. The “Web Fonts vs SVG” page of their docs is super fair.
And while they could have easily given up on customers who still dislike SVG for whatever reason, they haven’t: They offer accessibility and subsetting options that are a lot more sophisticated than what came before. (3/5)
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Someone offline told me they were surprised to see me boost recent @font.awesome announcements given my history with icon fonts.I’m a designer first and a developer second. My favorite thing to design is iconography. They’ve designed 33k icons that feel good together. Most organizations can’t design a dozen icons that feel good together. It’s pretty astounding. (2/5)
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Someone offline told me they were surprised to see me boost recent @font.awesome announcements given my history with icon fonts.Someone offline told me they were surprised to see me boost recent @font.awesome announcements given my history with icon fonts.
I get that: I’ve publicly criticized icon fonts. They created and maintain the most popular icon font. “Font” is right in the name.
Some quick thoughts… (1/5)
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my javascript analytics tells me that 100% of my visitors have javascript@zachleat From the makers of “our desktop-only experience sees very little mobile traffic.”
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Just published a post with my GIF talk’s video, a better transcript than the one YouTube generated, the web component starter, and helpful links for further reading: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/video-gifs-are-forever-lets-make-them-better/Just published a post with my GIF talk’s video, a better transcript than the one YouTube generated, the web component starter, and helpful links for further reading: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/video-gifs-are-forever-lets-make-them-better/
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Hooray, the recording of my #CascadiaJS talk “GIFs Are Forever, Let’s Make Them Better” is now available! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhOEcA-Ne44Hooray, the recording of my #CascadiaJS talk “GIFs Are Forever, Let’s Make Them Better” is now available! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhOEcA-Ne44
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/me watches one video on pompeii@davatron5000 (The irony of sharing my Pompeii photos in response to you complaining about YouTube’s algorithm sharing too much Pompeii stuff with you is not lost on me)
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/me watches one video on pompeii@davatron5000 It was a whole-ass city!
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/me watches one video on pompeii@davatron5000 I’ve been to Pompeii but don’t tell YouTube 🤫