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huashu

21 karma · joined February 10, 2019

working on | http://typogram.co writing about fonts & design | http://fonts.typogram.co tweet @HuaTweets visual stuff @typogramco
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huashu··on Stop wasting time searching for startup ideas
This is cool. I think another thing you can think of to add is maybe how to validate your product. When we were building Typogram (https://typogram.co/) it was one of the hardest thing to figure out.
huashu··on Publii: Open-source local WYSIWYG static site CMS
running several blogs on publii! (https://typogram.co/blog/) Loving it!

the only feedback I have is making co-editing easy. sometimes I co-write articles. this is rly hard with a desktop app.

Also, wishing for some kind of SEO plugin that would make writing descriptions easier.

huashu··on Helvetica Now Variable
really amazing work by the monotype team. As always, font licensing is a very tricky business, so I understand everyone's frustration here.

If any of you are looking for an open-sourced sans serifs for your sass and other projects, I covered a couple in my newsletter. I go over how to use them with examples and use cases. some are variable:

https://fonts.substack.com/p/dosis https://fonts.substack.com/p/fow-no4-libre-franklin-a-versat...

huashu··on Show HN: FontDiscovery – sharing design tips by showing fonts
I write a weekly newsletter sharing design tips by showing you free fonts! it's a tool for ppl who like to do design and tweaking themselves.