FontDiscovery 🖼️ 102: Our 2022 🥂
Hi Everyone 👋
Can you believe it? In less than two weeks, 2022 will be over.
This will be the final issue for 2022 before I go off to the holidays. The next issue will be out on January 3, 2023. Reflecting on this year, it has been full of ups and downs, challenges, learnings, and new experiences.
A big up is that we launched the pre-order for Typogram, which is a huge accomplishment. Launching something we have worked so hard on was such a memorable yet scary experience, but we received so much support from everyone. I feel so motivated for our next milestone, the official launch in January.
A challenge was figuring out how to market and grow the product continuously. It’s something I still need to get better at, but I’ve learned a lot. For example, a win is getting our story published and featured on Makerpad. If you are looking for entrepreneurs to guest blog or talk on a podcast guest, hit me up ⭐.
A more personal win is I finally learned how to play an instrument. This year, I bought a mandolin, and I have been trying to learn how to play it on Youtube whenever I have free time. Though sometimes I wonder if I chose the right instrument (tuning eight strings is not fun), I’m happy to share that I finally mastered the G scale. It also taught me the importance of patience.
The last win: Fontdiscovery now has more than 100 issues and wrapping up its second year. We also started to build an archive. I know I am always talking about it, but I’m constantly in awe. Thank you for your support!
How was your year? I would love to hear about it via reply.
Our Most Popular Posts in 2022
This week, we are looking back at some of the most popular FontDiscovery posts of 2022. Here are the top five posts of FontDiscovery this year.
FontDiscovery 🖼️ 96: A Great Font for Web and User Interface
Font of the Week: Inter
Design idea of the Week: The Long Night is Coming for Tech?
Color Inspiration: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Inter Font Details
Tall x-height in lowercase letters
Slashed zero
Tabular numbers for data display
Nine weights with italics
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FontDiscovery 🖼️ 82: A Font Fantastic For Coding and Branding
Font of the Week: Victor Mono
Design idea of the Week: Paper Airplane Database
Color Inspiration of the Week: Montreal Botanical Garden
Victor Mono Font Detail
Cursive and Grotesque sans serif influences
True and oblique italics
Seven weights
FontDiscovery 🖼️ 67: Use This Stripy Font to Stand Out
Monoton Font Detail
Stripes as the texture for strokes of the font
One weight (usually a similar display font can lack lowercase, but Monoton has an entire upper and lower cases).
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FontDiscovery 🖼️ 61: Why Do All Tech Logos Look The Same?
Find a couple of tech companies or start logos and branding around you and you’ll notice that they are sporting similar looks. Oftentimes, it is a friendly sans serif with brightly colored illustrations. Sounds familiar?
FontDiscovery 🖼️ 55: This Font is Perfect for Reading on the Web
Fonts: Zilla Slab
Design idea: How to Create Moodboards
Color Inspiration: Snowy Mountains
Zilla Slab Font Detail
Pronounced serif
Minimal bracketing, looking clean and crisp
Five weights, two styles in regular and italic
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Happy Holidays & See You in 2023! 🎄🥂
I wish you to have the most beautiful and memorable holiday season! Please rest, reflect, and take care. See you in 2023.
