@itsmesimon

Digital artist—I create custom fonts for advertising agencies, ready to buy fonts for designers and digital oil painting for TV and print.

 London, England
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Joined June 2009
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Simon Stratford | Font Designer & Artist (@itsmesimonok) • Instagram reel

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Jessica Hische, Meta’s Muse, and the Ethical Landmines of Design thedieline.com/jessica-hisch…

Jessica Hische, Meta’s Muse, and the Ethical Landmines of Design - DIELINE

When iconic lettering artist Jessica Hische designed the logotype for Meta’s agentic AI, Muse, the immediate backlash highlighted a growing dilemma in the creative community: how do designers balance...

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Comic Sans: don’t hate the player. Hate the game. simonstratford.com/blogs/new…

Why do designers hate Comic Sans?

Why do designers hate Comic Sans? I look at the font’s comic-book appearance, its misuse, the backlash against people who choose it, and what the research actually says.

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10 Graphic T-Shirt Designs I’d Actually Wear

Ten graphic T-shirt designs that get the type, illustration and layout right—from vintage workwear and tattoo graphics to a fish finger sandwich.

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This is why Royal Mail’s a bloody shambles. If you don’t know where my parcel is, don’t send me a message announcing it.
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The Lowercase Type Trend Explained simonstratford.com/blogs/new…

The Lowercase Type Trend Explained

Lowercase logos and branding are everywhere. Discover why brands use lowercase typography, what it communicates and when the trend falls flat.

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And here is chatgtp with same prompt
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I asked Claude to describe my profile picture and fed that into Dola ai—here is the result
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I’ve spent forty minutes adjusting the kerning. Nobody will notice. That’s how I know it’s good.
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Simon Stratford™ retweeted
David Baddiel
@BaddielAug 27
Even the font is stupid.
The White House
@WhiteHouseAug 27
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Lake Ontario is renamed to LAKE AMERICA! 🇺🇸
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Today’s rain feels surprisingly dramatic, mainly because we’ve forgotten what it looks like!
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Got a bbc weather watcher pick yesterday #bbcweatherwatcher
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Finally my cold has gone!
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Saturday plans: brunch, proper coffee, browse things I don’t need, buy something I definitely don’t need, then complain about how expensive everything is. A perfectly balanced lifestyle.
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I opened social media for inspiration and Temu tried to sell me a folding sink.
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Procrastination is my enemy today. Bacon or sausage on my roll at Greggs—HP Sauce is non-negotiable!
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Hoping to get my new variable font Pumped Up Kicks released this week. #FontDesign
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The client wants the logo bigger. I want to live in a detached house in Richmond.
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It’s hump day—yes! Loving the new Glyphs app but early doors.
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Type design: Reminding myself that having eight alternatives for every character is a good idea… #Typography #Fonts
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