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Richard Rutter

@clagnut.com

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Cofounder of Clearleft, author of Web Typography, rider of bicycles, listener to vinyl, father of two, husband. Not necessarily in that order. Blog: https://clagnut.com/ Book: https://book.webtypography.net/ Also: https://mastodon.social/@Richr

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 1d

Make sure you rank your Interop preferences!

I urge you to boost "synthesis for font-variant-position" and "CSS break-after and break-before properties"

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

#css #InterOp

Interop Feature Ranking

Rank the web platform features you care most about

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 4d

Oh Jake, you must be having a hard time of it. I can imagine you using the 'big picture' pun in one of your most excellent talks :-)

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 7d

Fair enough

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 10d

Is Alex James a Blur primitive?

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 10d

Looking forward to reading the debut novel by my good friend @bownie.bsky.social

leanpub.com/humansoftware

A Kindle displaying the cover to Human Software by Richard W. Bown

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 11d

Sadly the 'gobful of ire' was aimed at Emma Watson's stand for trans people, rather than Rowling's hateful rhetoric.

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 13d

And that’s my problem with it. That and this and previous governments’ handling and understanding of anything vaguely ‘digital’.

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 17d

Had a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with @bell.bz and @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social in the latest episode of Unfinished Business. We talked about indie publishing; pivoting to side-hustles; music & vinyl; and tried to answer how one becomes a web designer nowadays.

unfinished.bz/episodes#ep-...

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business podcast with Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter

unfinished.bz

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · 26d

Nice! But does it support `break-after:avoid` yet?

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Sep 11

If in doubt ask for a cortado and you might get close. Better still you might even end up with a cortado!

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Dave Letorey @letorey.co.uk · Sep 11

You should come to @londonwebstandards.org #sotb2026
Early bird tickets are £70
And if you can’t afford it apply for a diversity ticket

2026.stateofthebrowser.com

SotB14 | State of the Browser

Welcome to the fourteenth edition of State of the Browser, a yearly one-day, single-track conference with widely-varying talks about the modern web, accessibility, web standards, and more, organised b...

2026.stateofthebrowser.com

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Sep 11

damn we've got to sort out that rubbish OG image.

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Sep 11

I'd be remiss not to mention clearleft.com although we use 'Menu' rather than a burger. Same pattern though, I think.

Strategic design partners for website and service design

We help design leaders get the most from their products, services & teams.

clearleft.com

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Sep 11

Thanks for link @bell.bz!

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The Index: Issue #123

The Index #123 is here for your midweek dose of good links. Sponsored by Product for Engineers by PostHog

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Sep 3

Hi!

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Sep 1

Don't forget Service Design Breakfast at @clearleft.com on Thursday! Free, friendly chatting about all things service design.

servicedesignbreakfast.com

#Brighton #serviceDesign

Service Design Breakfast Club meet-up for UK service designers

Bringing people together from Brighton, Sussex and the South East to network and discuss all things Service Design.

servicedesignbreakfast.com

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Sep 1

Don't forget Service Design Breakfast at @clearleft.com on Thursday! Free, friendly chatting about all things service design.

servicedesignbreakfast.com

#Brighton #serviceDesign

Service Design Breakfast Club meet-up for UK service designers

Bringing people together from Brighton, Sussex and the South East to network and discuss all things Service Design.

servicedesignbreakfast.com

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Aug 29

Yes mate, let it settle and see how you feel after a bit. I'm looking fwd to reading it!

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Aug 29

Got to keep my kids away from that shit, especially now #1 is starting GCSEs.

Although I also think they need to know a bit about using LLMs for those instances when they can be more useful than harmful.

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Aug 29

All credit to the cycling Katie! It's such a great sport/pastime and brilliant for shedding kg without really trying. Great for the 'soul' too if you can get away from the traffic and into the countryside.

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Aug 29

At @clearleft.com we've just bought tickets for the brilliant #TalkUX conference for a day of fantastic #ux speakers in #Brighton.

It's organised by LadiesThatUX as an inclusive event, so be assured that everyone - including men - is very welcome!

Use FRIENDOFLTUX10 at talk-ux.com#ticket

Home - Talk UX Conference 2025

Talk UX: Redesigning Place, 17th–18th September, Brighton, UK. Exploring how UX and human-centred design can improve spaces, experiences and communities.

talk-ux.com

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Aug 26

Give yourself a break Tom.

Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Aug 23

Yep. Sadly won’t be heading back to the US any time soon – or ever – and work won’t be hosting any more conferences there. It’s my kids I feel sad for. I’ve seen quite a few bits of the US and really like it. They’d love to go to NYC for example, but won’t be happening if I need to take them.

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social · Aug 21

I made a commitment, required of me by NHS gender identity clinics, that I was to live full-time in my acquired gender for the rest of my life. I honour that commitment 100%, and refuse to comply with a court that has no expertise in trans healthcare and chose not to hear any experts.

SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is massively important and - ASAP

We need admissions, declarations of intent, of 100% non-compliance to the Supreme Court decision and any subsequent State interpretations eg EHRC guidance, policies etc), intention to physically resist being strip-searched by wrong-sexed police officers, etc

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Richard Rutter @clagnut.com · Aug 19

In other news, 11 days after they broke it, Virgin Media finally fixed our TV and internet connection.