Apple Changes Processor Architectures More Often Than Its Identity Font
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Yesterday I wrote: For the last 40 years Apple has only gone through three identity fonts: Garamond…★ A Request Regarding ‘Magic Link’ Sign-Ins and Apple’s Passwords App
Dec 19, 2025, 1:52 pm By John GruberIn Juli Clover’s aforelinked rundown of what’s new across the whole system in iOS 26.2, I…Apple’s 26.2 OS Updates
Dec 19, 2025, 12:30 pm By John GruberApple released all of its OS 26.2 updates a week ago today. A little unusual for Apple to release…Apple Is Adding More Ad Spots to App Store Results
Dec 19, 2025, 10:43 am By John Gruber
Apple, on its Apple Ads site: Search is the way most people find and download apps on the App…ByteDance Signs Deal to Divest TikTok US App
Dec 18, 2025, 9:41 pm By John GruberDavid Shepardson, reporting for Reuters: TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, said Thursday it signed…Michael Bierut Told Us What He Really Thinks of ITC Garamond
Dec 18, 2025, 8:19 pm By John GruberMichael Bierut, “I Hate ITC Garamond”, for Design Observer back in 2004: ITC Garamond was designed…Condensed Serif Typefaces, à la Apple Garamond, Are Back in Vogue
Dec 18, 2025, 8:09 pm By John GruberKatie Deighton, reporting last month for The Wall Street Journal: Henry Modisett wanted his…GCDB’s Guide to Gift Card Tampering Scams
Dec 18, 2025, 2:44 pm By John Gruber
Gift Card Database (GCDB) has a guide to spotting tampered gift cards: Whilst it may seem unusual,…Are Apple Gift Cards Safe to Redeem?
Dec 17, 2025, 6:14 pm By John Gruber
You will recall the Apple Account fiasco of Paris Buttfield-Addison, whose entire iCloud account…The Story Behind Windows 3.1’s ‘Hot Dog Stand’ UI Color Scheme (Which Isn’t Much of a Story at All)
Dec 17, 2025, 5:25 pm By John Gruber
Wes Fenlon, writing for PC Gamer: Did Windows 3.1 really ship with a garish color scheme that was…James Cameron’s Instructions to Theater Projectionists Regarding ‘Avatar 3: Fire and Ash’
Dec 16, 2025, 7:05 pm By John GruberThe letter is typeset in Papyrus, the typeface for which James Cameron’s affection inspired not one…Typefaces for Dyslexia
Dec 16, 2025, 2:58 pm By John Gruber
I dare say this post from Adrian Roselli — first published in 2015 and updated 16 times (and…Zara Picken’s ‘Modern Illustration’
Dec 16, 2025, 2:39 pm By John GruberModern Illustration is a project by illustrator Zara Picken, featuring print artefacts from her…★ Apple TV’s New Fanfare
Dec 16, 2025, 2:08 pm By John GruberTim Nudd, writing at Ad Age a few weeks ago (paywalled, alas): As we mentioned in roundup…‘A Brief History of Times New Roman’
Dec 15, 2025, 8:03 pm By John Gruber
One more from Matthew Butterick, from his Typography for Lawyers, and a good pairing with Mark…‘The Scourge of Arial’
Dec 15, 2025, 7:05 pm By John GruberTypographer Mark Simonson, all the way back in 2001: Arial is everywhere. If you don’t know what it…A Note on Current SMS Marketing Practices
Dec 15, 2025, 7:02 pm By John Gruber
Back on November 28, I bought a new cap from New Era’s web store. They offered a discount of some…Disney, Immediately After Partnering With OpenAI for Sora, Sends Google a Cease-and-Desist Letter Accusing Them of Copyright Infringement on ‘Massive Scale’
Dec 15, 2025, 4:13 pm By John Gruber
Todd Spangler, reporting last week for Variety: As Disney has gone into business with OpenAI, the…Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands
Dec 15, 2025, 1:50 pm By John GruberJohn Keilman, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): The company that makes Roomba…Lucas de Groot, Designer of Calibri, on the State Department’s Switch Back to Times New Roman
Dec 13, 2025, 3:38 pm By John GruberFrom the LucasFonts account, in a comment on Hacker News: Professional typography can be achieved…
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