Matthew Smith

✨ I am looking for a new full-time job! ✨ As you may know, I’ve been working closely with Louise Fili as her Senior Designer and Associate, and more recently as a Partner at Tipofili. After nearly six years, I am looking for what’s next! matthewsmith.website/portfolio

@firstclassrice This is just my phone background

@mttymtt I cropped your headshot for you

Trying to find some “headshots” and was reminded of this incredible photo of Kara and I that idk if I ever shared

@turtlekiosk Go to settings, then filter by App Metrics 🫡 typefoundry.directory

i wish fonts didnt cost $100000000 to use legally so if you use one in an app you're basically forced to use Inter or something on google fonts or nothing at all

Maintainence fees for our building increased 21.5% and that just feels like a bit much tbh

@Paul_Hanslow They offer perpetual as well, but it’s considerably more expensive.

@mttymtt I didn't know Newlyn was rockin' annual licensing. Good to know.

Reading EULA’s so you don’t have to 🫡

Who's even advocating for the little guy? Real tough time to be a junior designer. Junior anything. The industry is trading its future for a few sloppy bucks. The least many could do was just to stop shilling these snake oil barrels. But no.

@Paul_Hanslow Also considering changing my approach to the notes section. Previously thought of having notes for each section: General, Licensing, etc. but I think that’ll be a bit cumbersome. Instead wondering if I might introduce “Warnings” with a ⚠️ symbol & pop up on hover or something

@Paul_Hanslow Just came across this which I thought was kinda hilarious: “VIOLATION OF THE LICENSE WILL BE CHARGED 10 TIMES THE ACTUAL LICENSE PRICE.”

I’m very interested in employee ownership models. Who has done this well?

@Paul_Hanslow - HEX (though not a fan of the mix-bundled metrics) - Mass-Driver - MB Type - Lettermatic (but I dislike that you can’t read find the license until you start the checkout process) For HEX and MB, I am a sucker for anyone that permits modifications to the font files

@Paul_Hanslow Would be easier to list the 5 worst 😅 mostly because I think most licenses are generally *fine* Without doing much research, ones that come to mind are:

Another recent note: “Trial fonts are missing the “E” and “e” characters which is infuriating.”

(But also, you still need to read them)

They got married a year later!

Going through the Tipofili archives and came across this letter from Steve Heller to Louise Fili 44 years ago 🥹

Excited for next years Type Drives Capitalism

Type Drives Commerce is such a sad name for a conference