Version 9December 2022 – present

No visual changes with version 9, but the site was rebuilt using a purpose-made static site generator. This update removes the now badly rotted away link blog archive.

Version 8March 2020 – December 2022

As a result of browser support for variable fonts being viable, and high quality free variable fonts exist I switched to Source Serif Pro (variable) from Adobe.

Version 7March 2019 – March 2020

Well, Adobe decided that they needed to make TypeKit, now Adobe Fonts, prohibitively expensive for a site like mine. Instead of ponying up I opted to take the opportunity to move to using only fonts I can host here myself. No more third party scripts for fonts means more 3rd party tracking, and that’s a win for everyone. Set in HK Grotesk by Hanken Design Co.

This update also brings a proper dark theme for browsers that support prefers-color-scheme: dark media queries.

Version 6April 2018 – March 2019

Full rewrite in TypeScript. Set in Omnes Pro and Anonymous Pro.

Version 5October 2015 – April 2018

This iteration, the last on the Clojure codebase, is based in a very large part on reading, Matthew Butterick’s Practical Typography. Set in Prenton and Ubuntu Mono.

Version 4.1 June 2012 – October 2015

A visual overhaul to version 3, still built on Clojure. In this era I started using TypeKit (not yet owned by Adobe) and set everything in Mark Simonson’s Proxima Nova.

Version 3 September 2010 – June 2012

Third version of the site, and another complete rebuild, porting the content over to Clojure and CouchDB. Headings set in Derek Weathersbee's Franchise Bold using Cufon (that was a weird period in web typography), everything else is system Helvetica.

Version 2 March 2006 – September 2010

Complete rebuild with Django Framework, including both a blog and a wiki.

Version 1 November 2004 – December 2006

A hacked up Wordpress blog..