typography

Today I have submitted Museum Core version 1.0.9. Unless there are any major issues with the update, it should get approved and be available in the WordPress themes repository in the next couple days. Among other features both under the hood and out in the open, this is the first version of any theme I […]

This is a grungy spring wallpaper to warm your monitor on rainy days.  The bright oranges, yellows and blues provide an interesting counterpoint to the grungy textures and typography.  Our April 2011 wallpaper is ready for your standard or widescree…

I’d be lying if I said that this month’s calendar wallpaper wasn’t at least a little bit inspired by Franz Jeitz aka Fudgegraphics.  I thought we’d kick off the new year with a minimalist, typographic design that incorporates …

Grid is a theme I started working on for my own site and decided to make it available as a free theme.  I wanted a dark theme this time around, and I wanted to play with the idea of having a grid background like Justin Tadlock‘s site and the optional grid.png background image you get… (read more) You might also be interested in these: AP-Blueprint Color Garden

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Boba Font

This month we have a simple, minimalist calendar wallpaper for you typophiles. A smooth, textured chocolate background with a classy, retro typeface for the calendar overlaid with a bokeh texture that gives the wallpaper its name. The wallpaper come…

Although we love WordPress, we’re not always “all WordPress, all the time” around here.  This post is going to be about how to spruce up your Blogger site using custom fonts that are cross-browser compatible. Blogger is great if you don’t have time or patience to learn all the ins and outs of a larger… (read more) No related posts.

How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Really Made

Lost World’s Fairs

This theme, inspired by vintage Indian batiks and tapestries, exudes grace and sophistication.  6 color palettes are available so you can choose the one to fit your mood, office or season.  Built into the theme are our normal treasure trove of customized social networking icons, automagic Twitter hovercards for @usernames and configurable tweet displays, and… (read more) You might also be interested in these: AP Museum zine Scrapbook Time Capsule

Yesterday we released our fifth Museum Theme, Ex Libris.  If you’re reading this today (August 4, 2010), there’s still time to get $10 of the purchase price with the coupon code ‘exlibris’ (no quotes). Ex Libris was designed for typophiles and writers, putting the focus on type and content rather than graphics and bells and whistles.  Everything about the theme was done with readability in mind, from the background color to the font size, but we also added some of our own creative flair to give it a bit of minimalist edginess.  We used fonts from the reputable exljbris font foundry, which also inspired the name of the WordPress theme.  We’re excited about the powerful type controls we’ve added to the options page, allowing users to have full control over […]