Brandon Buerkle
@societyoffonts.com
I pretend to run a type foundry (Society of Fonts), but I get distracted teaching typography to college students and being a dad. (he/they)
I want to be like you when I grow up.
January 10, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I want to be like you when I grow up.
This is adorable, thank you for sharing!
And when your dream of a ginkgo tree finally comes true, be sure to get a male tree, not female. The female trees bear fruit that smells like vomit. 😬
And when your dream of a ginkgo tree finally comes true, be sure to get a male tree, not female. The female trees bear fruit that smells like vomit. 😬
December 9, 2024 at 6:07 AM
This is adorable, thank you for sharing!
And when your dream of a ginkgo tree finally comes true, be sure to get a male tree, not female. The female trees bear fruit that smells like vomit. 😬
And when your dream of a ginkgo tree finally comes true, be sure to get a male tree, not female. The female trees bear fruit that smells like vomit. 😬
If you don’t want it, I’ll take it. 😉
December 7, 2024 at 5:58 AM
If you don’t want it, I’ll take it. 😉
Good for *what* precisely? Depending on the answer, I’d say many many decades. 😉
December 5, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Good for *what* precisely? Depending on the answer, I’d say many many decades. 😉
He’s arguably gotten more adorable with time.
December 4, 2024 at 5:43 AM
He’s arguably gotten more adorable with time.
This is so unbelievably cool 🤯
December 4, 2024 at 3:44 AM
This is so unbelievably cool 🤯
…I also want to say 25 yrs older for similar reasons: I have stories and questions enough to start conversations, I have a lot to learn from their life experience, and I enjoy being self-deprecating about my lack of mastery.
December 4, 2024 at 1:32 AM
…I also want to say 25 yrs older for similar reasons: I have stories and questions enough to start conversations, I have a lot to learn from their life experience, and I enjoy being self-deprecating about my lack of mastery.
I want to say 25 years younger, because I teach undergrads—I’m used to them. I have stories enough to make conversation, but am divorced enough from emerging/pop culture to have a lot to learn about the generation that will take over, and I have fun being self-deprecating about my age. BUT…
December 4, 2024 at 1:32 AM
I want to say 25 years younger, because I teach undergrads—I’m used to them. I have stories enough to make conversation, but am divorced enough from emerging/pop culture to have a lot to learn about the generation that will take over, and I have fun being self-deprecating about my age. BUT…
I wonder what an episode on the 20 best fonts worth their price tag would list? 🤔
December 2, 2024 at 7:03 PM
I wonder what an episode on the 20 best fonts worth their price tag would list? 🤔
Sounds like a feature to disable.
November 29, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Sounds like a feature to disable.
I almost said yes to purchasing a Chandler & Price last Thursday, when I remembered those same considerations.
November 24, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I almost said yes to purchasing a Chandler & Price last Thursday, when I remembered those same considerations.
Your in-laws are not only making it harder on you, but also on themselves. #unbanthebooks
November 24, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Your in-laws are not only making it harder on you, but also on themselves. #unbanthebooks
The Beowulf of film? 🤔
November 23, 2024 at 5:14 AM
The Beowulf of film? 🤔
When I decided Comic Sans and Papyrus are good fonts, and it’s users who suck.
November 23, 2024 at 5:09 AM
When I decided Comic Sans and Papyrus are good fonts, and it’s users who suck.
If I asked my spouse, who’s a public librarian, she’d probably say something boring like, “let him read manga, at least he’s reading.”
November 23, 2024 at 4:48 AM
If I asked my spouse, who’s a public librarian, she’d probably say something boring like, “let him read manga, at least he’s reading.”
1. Tell him the western comics are the worst and put them in a box to “get rid of.” 2. Tell him [insert favorite influencer] wrote a rave review about them. 3. Give the comics to his friends and see if they’ll reach his orbit through another channel.
November 23, 2024 at 4:45 AM
1. Tell him the western comics are the worst and put them in a box to “get rid of.” 2. Tell him [insert favorite influencer] wrote a rave review about them. 3. Give the comics to his friends and see if they’ll reach his orbit through another channel.
I believe this cover script is the earliest recorded use of “OMG” in the sense that we now use it. Note the condensed O, the extended M, and condensed g as a way to indicate inflection. 😉
November 20, 2024 at 3:55 AM
I believe this cover script is the earliest recorded use of “OMG” in the sense that we now use it. Note the condensed O, the extended M, and condensed g as a way to indicate inflection. 😉
I feel like “rarely used but fun to make” describes almost all of my work.
November 20, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I feel like “rarely used but fun to make” describes almost all of my work.
Neat! I’m not sure what the brief is, but what about a QU?
November 19, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Neat! I’m not sure what the brief is, but what about a QU?