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One post a week. About websites, software, search and the craft behind them. Sometimes inspiring, sometimes sharp, always honest.

字Font of the week · 12 November 2026 · 2 min read

Bungee: a typeface for signs and vertical type

Bungee is a display typeface inspired by shop signs. It sets vertically with upright letters and is free to use.

9 November 2026 · 3 min read

JPEG XL has landed. The XL is not a size guide

Chrome 155 and Firefox 158 now display JPEG XL by default. Why the new format is nice, but most websites have a very different image problem.

字Font of the week · 7 November 2026 · 2 min read

Fredoka: a rounded typeface for approachable brands

Fredoka is a rounded sans with weight and width axes, free under the OFL. Strong on packaging, signs and apps, weak in tables.

4 November 2026 · 3 min read

Google now says it plainly: fact-check AI copy before you publish

Since 1 October, Google's guidance says AI content must be fact-checked by hand before publishing, alt text and meta descriptions included. Where the errors really hide on company websites.

字Font of the week · 31 October 2026 · 2 min read

Bitter: a slab serif for reading on screen

Sol Matas's Bitter is a slab serif for body text on screen: a heavy Regular, a large x-height, variable weight from 100 to 900, and free to use under the OFL.

28 October 2026 · 3 min read

PHP emergency patch: do you know who updates your server?

Two critical PHP flaws, emergency updates since 21 October. Patching is quick. The harder question is who is actually responsible for it at your company.

字Font of the week · 24 October 2026 · 2 min read

Big Shoulders: narrow headlines that stay loud

Big Shoulders is a condensed sans from Chicago with weight and optical-size axes. Built for posters, signs and phone headlines, free under the OFL.

21 October 2026 · 3 min read

You can finally style the dropdown. Bin the library

Since Safari 27, the real select element can be styled freely in Chrome and Safari. Why home-made dropdowns should go now, and what to watch out for.

字Font of the week · 17 October 2026 · 2 min read

Martian Mono: figures, codes and price lists

A monospaced typeface with width and weight axes from Evil Martians. Good for anything where figures and codes have to line up.

14 October 2026 · 3 min read

Three WordPress security releases in 18 days. Who clicks at yours?

WordPress 7.1.3 closes seven holes, 7.1.2 closed a critical one before it. The update takes minutes. The problem is that often nobody feels responsible for it.

字Font of the week · 10 October 2026 · 2 min read

Fraunces: soft serifs with a mind of their own

Fraunces is a variable old-style serif by Undercase Type with axes for weight, optical size, softness and crooked letters. Free to use under the OFL.

7 October 2026 · 4 min read

Cookie banners are staying. So at least make them fair

Brussels is still arguing about the end of cookie banners, and a court in Vienna says rejecting must be as prominent as accepting. What that means for your website.

4 October 2026 · 3 min read

Browser updates every two weeks: who's actually testing your website?

Chrome, Edge and Firefox now ship every two weeks. The risk is rarely the browser, it's that nobody looks at the site after launch. A routine that takes a quarter of an hour.

字Font of the week · 4 October 2026 · 2 min read

Bricolage Grotesque: headlines with character

A variable typeface with three axes, freely licensed. Strong in headlines, on packaging and signage, weaker in long body text.

3 October 2026 · 4 min read

The accessibility widget won't solve your compliance problem

One click on the little blue figure and your site is accessible? Sadly not. Why overlay widgets don't fix the most common errors, and what you can check yourself in an hour instead.

30 September 2026 · 3 min read

AI search eats clicks. What small businesses should do now

When Google answers the question itself, hardly anyone clicks on. The numbers are clear. The fix is still not a magic trick but rather boring craftsmanship.

30 September 2026 · 2 min read

A client portal instead of email ping-pong

“Which version was that again?” Run projects through email threads and you end up mostly managing attachments. So we built our own client area. What is in it, and why.

30 September 2026 · 2 min read

Why your clients should see the new website in fullscreen first

A website is not a screenshot. Show it for the first time as a postage-stamp preview and you get feedback on the stamp. That is why our review stand opens new versions in fullscreen first.