Through Lines 125

Death Cab for Cutie’s 11th studio album, Asphalt Meadows landed (or dropped as the kids say) today and seeing live interpretations of these new songs really brings them to life. The third track “Foxglove Through the Clearcut” in particular shines in this unbroadcast set from Kimmel.

• The world needs more brave and ambitious CEOs like Yvon Chouinard. Earth is now our only shareholder” is quite the statement.
• “Knowledge is a network, and curiosity is the growth principle of that network.” The book Curious Minds sounds like one I need to immediately add to the to-read pile.
• Speaking of Earth, a few thoughts on climate change through the lyrics of Neil Peart and one of my all-time-favorite Rush tracks, Natural Science.
• The sun as you've probably never seen it before — very close up in these incredibly new images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.
• Everything is the same and the moodboard is to blame. Sounds right.
• There’s a metric ton of new features, fixes, and developer magic in the new Safari 16 release that landed for macOS Big Sur and Monterey this week.
• The beautiful, experimental, and unexpected work of artist Daniel Eatock embraces process at its core. He is definitely my kind of artist.
• Welp, there goes my weekend looking at stunning modern homes I can’t afford.
• These 3D printed model zoetropes… wow.
• Corita’s 10 Rules, reinterpreted. Bravo!

Notable Type Releases

• The caps-only CoFo Cinema 1909 mixes art nouveau and modern sensibilities and achieves a stately elegance best suited to large display use cases.
• I’m enchanted by the way Brigada combines a monoline with traditional broad nib pen forms while also incorporating unexpected and playful connections within the glyphs themselves. And it’s even still very readable!
• Grilli Type has refreshed GT Pressura to modernize it beyond its 2012 origins while continuing to expand its visual voice. And a fantastic microsite as ever.
• Traditional or historical may be terms that come to mind in describing Silvana, released through Blaze Type, but it manages to capture something modern in its classic sensibilities. The light italic style is a real showstopper.
• Someone is going to need to explain to me what the point of an open source “on chain” typeface family is. Until then, I guess Unbounded may be the first.