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Jason Pamental
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Principal Designer @Chewy. Typographer, cyclist, technologist, speaker, writer, irrepressibly curious about almost everything. Walker of collies. https://rwt.io
That checks out. (this reply _not_ written by ai)
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 PM
So you’re saying there is one rule to rule the rules?
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
That’s for the amazing write up! Can’t wait to dig in more but bonkers how least it was to set up!
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Upping the profanity filter on this app was the best decision I ever made. Makes me laugh every time (Carrot weather app for those who are interested)
January 24, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I apologize for any part I played in this madness 🤣 (I swear I only redesigned b/c I had to migrate away from a server I wanted to shut down)
January 24, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Now entirely over to @netlify.com and RevealJS (talks) and @11ty.dev for a few sites, all deployed from GitHub. Most don’t even have a build step. Just don’t need the dynamic stuff these days. Added a tiny bit of JS to simulate it with quotes on rwt.io
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January 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This started with IBM 5u chassis from eBay, built up and running Linux and later Windows NT 4, then Windows 2000. Then 1u Dell boxes running Windows 2000. Then Media Temple VPS Linux servers in various incarnations. Used for Tango/Witango/SQL Server, then Drupal (starting w/D5) Until this morning.
January 22, 2026 at 7:17 PM
You had me at ‘animated static’ (the rest is great, sure, but _static_ 😍
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Shared it with the team on Thursday and we’re thinking about that as an addition as we prepare to support it!
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I should mention this is built in @11ty.dev with a liberal dose of #VariableFonts from fontofthemonth.club by DJR
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January 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Now with lots of documentation and refinements: github.com/jpamental/sh... (feedback and links to your own usage welcome!)
GitHub - jpamental/shape-outside-line-box: Web component that will create a polygon shape around the enclosed text to allow text to wrap around it.
Web component that will create a polygon shape around the enclosed text to allow text to wrap around it. - jpamental/shape-outside-line-box
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December 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This was inspired by some examples I created for some conference talks and web typography newsletter. Read more about them here:

rwt.io/typography-t...

codepen.io/jpamental/fu...
We’re doing it wrong: there is no ‘one perfect design’ or layout | Responsive Web Typography
For a very long time we’ve been chasi
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December 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM