Vol_10.06.25

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Gene Crawford
October 06, 2025

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How to create a typographic hierarchy
A practical guide for making your type do the talking. https://pangrampangram.com/blogs/journal/typographic-hierarchy

A new (or rather, old) approach to typography on the web
The strongest type systems are specific, opinionated, and crafted with care for the context they serve.
https://www.daybreak.studio/writing/adaline-typography

Articulating design decisions
About making thoughtful decisions and defending design rationale https://www.fundament.design/p/articulating-design-decisions

Taste vs. empathy 
In the pursuit of the superpower that makes designers irreplaceable https://uxdesign.cc/taste-vs-empathy-00b6a33ed5da

The art of prototyping
The enduring skill that neutralizes noise 
https://www.proofofconcept.pub/p/the-art-of-prototyping

The Amazing Art of the Video Game Marquee
These vintage marquees, to me, are such a beautiful vernacular artform that perfectly capture the moment where our lives were transitioning from the physical to the digital. So, during this long, hot summer, enjoy a gallery of video game marquees I took while walking around the Galloping Ghost.
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-08-01-marquees/

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