Hamish Smyth

🚨SOMEONE REINVENTED HOW TEXT RENDERS ON THE WEB AND ITS ABSOLUTELY INSANE. the goated dev behind react, reasonML, and midjourney’s frontend, just dropped Pretext. a tiny typescript library that measures and lays out text 500x faster than the DOM. he trained models against real browser rendering for weeks until the output matched safari, chrome, and firefox exactly. the demos are insane!! hundreds of thousands of text boxes at 120fps. magazine layouts and chat bubbles that actually wrap right. engineers from Vercel, Remix, Figma, and shadcn all cosigned. this is the kind of open source that makes you want to be a better dev. here are some cool demos in the past 24hrs👇

My dear front-end developers (and anyone who’s interested in the future of interfaces): I have crawled through depths of hell to bring you, for the foreseeable years, one of the more important foundational pieces of UI engineering (if not in implementation then certainly at least in concept): Fast, accurate and comprehensive userland text measurement algorithm in pure TypeScript, usable for laying out entire web pages without CSS, bypassing DOM measurements and reflow

@Whizz_ai Hit me up when it can get it all approved by leadership, stakeholders, partners, and other real things

BREAKING: AI can now design like Apple-level creative directors (for free). Here are 10 Claude Opus 4.6 prompts that build complete design systems, brand guidelines & 47+ marketing assets in 6 hours: (Designers are already snapping this)

@elbouzzz @clairevo I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not. Betting on yes. Are you saying they should all be equal or something?

@clairevo No! This is taste

taste is simply being able to eyeball the correct corner radius to the 0.5px

Made with Standards: MLB Play ball! Turning over a new page in the brand book for America’s favorite pastime. Check it out at standards.site/updates/made-w…

@DocShaner @standardsmanual :) it is as awesome as you would expect. The scans look *amazing*

@DocShaner @standardsmanual I should say amazed with how many of your noticed* We can’t wait to bring this to life soon

@DocShaner Thanks for posting @DocShaner (I’m from @standardsmanual). You’re all good this was the sneaky announcement, and we’re amazed you all noticed! More official announcements, news, and details coming soon :)

@ArmandDoma Mate you’re a dickhead

Between this and the “10,000 word essay on why I became an alcoholic who cheated on my husband” column I feel like The Cut’s business model is just hiring the most unhinged people imaginable and giving them a column

Community notes getting spicy

@stallboerger @order @HermanMiller @standards_site The guidelines are public yes! Check HM’s posts for link, and we’ll have it up on Standards today.

@order @HermanMiller @standards_site Is it open source?

Herman Miller 🪑 has created some of the most iconic and influential pieces of design throughout their 100-year history, becoming synonymous with “modern” furniture. Full case study coming soon. Follow along @HermanMiller.

@HermanMiller Guidelines built on @standards_site.

This is your sign to go shopping at our Memorabilia & Collectibles Pop-Up in Brooklyn! From December 13-15, you'll have the opportunity to purchase subway signs, grabholds, and other rare transit collectibles. 🛍️ RSVP for a shopping appointment here: new.mta.info/article/new-yo…

Our new book: Classified: Local Ads from America’s Small Towns 📰 is a celebration of small-town advertising, and the overlooked genius, ingenuity, and humor in the work. Archived and from the collection of Studio Carnley. Classified is available to pre-order today.

@pwnies Yes: @trabuccocampos @pentagram

We're working on typography variables in Figma right now, and would love to talk to some type experts. Anyone have any recs for people who deal with the depths of typography who'd be willing to chat?

@SoniaBaschez @AmberIllig @nbaschez The inspo (really)

@AmberIllig @nbaschez @hamishsmyth isn't it?? i love the colors!!

More news! Lex has a new logo, designed by the incredibly talented @hamishsmyth, and a new website, designed by yours truly. Really proud of how this came out 👉 lex.page

@julianweisser @nbaschez Thank you!

@hamishsmyth @nbaschez this is superb

So happy for @nbaschez who just spun @lexdotpage out of @every. @order was lucky to get to work on Every’s branding a few years ago, and we got to collaborate again with some late-night Figma sessions to update the LEX logo (referencing TeX by Donald Knuth, in name + design!)

@monicalimco Thank you!

This gotta be the coolest logo ever!

@domesticetch @nbaschez @mikesmith187 Oh all good didn’t take it that way! It was just funny to see *right* before we launched. Proud to make Goodspeed List

@hamishsmyth @nbaschez @mikesmith187 Oh yes, certainly not implying any nefarious intent / similarity in design! Just fun to see multiple people playing with the format (and hope to see more!)