Re-reading Berger’s Ways of Seeing and struck again by how generous the typography is — every page leaves room for the reader to actually think. We’ve forgotten that on screens. This, exactly:

The fog this morning was the kind that makes you forgive the city for everything.

Three quiet hours of editing this evening. The trick, I’ve decided, is to write as if no one will read it — which is, of course, the most likely outcome anyway.

Finished Piranesi. I think I will need to sit with it for several days before I can say anything useful about it. That, in itself, may be the review.

One reason italic feels more considered than bold: italics ask you to slow down. Bold demands attention; italic earns it.

Linotype’s old specification sheets still read better than most software documentation. There’s a lesson there about giving the words room to breathe.

Reminder: a serif on a screen at 16px is still a serif. The medium changes nothing about the typography — it changes only what you can get away with.

Built a little reading nook for the porch this weekend. The whole project took twice as long as planned, which felt right.

A short post by someone with a long name on a long instance, to ensure layout handles overflow gracefully.