Vol_12.22.25

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Gene Crawford
December 22, 2025

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Website of the week:

Designing Gotham

In 2021, Monotype bought Hoefler & Co, and with it several families that I designed. As these families are now further removed from their origin, I want to ensure that their stories are accurately recorded.

What Actually Makes You Senior
People love to describe senior engineers with a big checklist: architecture, communication, ownership, leadership, etc. https://terriblesoftware.org/2025/11/25/what-actually-makes-you-senior/

Thoughts on Native CSS Mixins
I have some notes from various times I’ve thought about the idea of native CSS mixins so I figured I’d get ’em down on (digital) paper! https://frontendmasters.com/blog/thoughts-on-native-css-mixins/

Vanilla CSS is all you need
I cracked open the source code for Campfire, Writebook, and Fizzy and traced the evolution of their CSS architecture. What started as curiosity became genuine surprise. These are not just consistent patterns. They are improving patterns. Each release builds on the last, adopting progressively more modern CSS features while maintaining the same nobuild philosophy.
https://www.zolkos.com/2025/12/03/vanilla-css-is-all-you-need

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