Now

What has my attention this month. Updated when it changes rather than on a schedule, which is the only way a page like this stays honest.

Rewriting the selection model

Most of my week is inside the Vellum editor, replacing a selection model that assumed text was one-dimensional. It was not, and has not been since we added tables. This is the third attempt and the first one I believe.

August 2026
Reading, slowly

Working through Bringhurst again, twenty pages at a time, and Ellen Lupton's Thinking with Type beside it. Also a long detour into printing history that started as research for Halftone and has not stopped.

July 2026
Sixty kilometres of coast path

Walking the north Zealand coast in weekend sections, drawing each one in Tiny Atlas afterwards. Four printed and folded so far. The elevation strip is doing a lot of work on the flat bits.

June 2026
Saying no more often

Not taking freelance work this year. I said yes to too much in 2025 and the things I actually cared about were the ones that slipped. The list is shorter now and the writing is finally regular.

May 2026

Say hello

I read everything and reply to most of it. Notes about something I wrote are especially welcome, particularly the ones telling me I am wrong.