John Roshell

Bearhug California Font

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I have felt so proud of my home state this week for standing tall vs. fascism. So today I created BEARHUG, a font based on the CA flag lettering. Get it for $20 at www.swelltype.com & I will send all proceeds to @immdef.bsky.social who provide free legal support to CA immigrants #weareallimmigrants

13.06.2025 00:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh! I know

01.03.2025 22:24 — 👍 538    🔁 64    💬 9    📌 0

Just found out @citibank has abandoned their DEI program.

2022: "we see this as a long term strategy" and "these are not just words".

Here is the new long term strategy for my citi card.

28.02.2025 16:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Letter of the day: loopy lowercase f from Hellafine, out now from Swell Type. Heckyeah, it's a Variable Font! #letteroftheday #fonts #glyphsapp #graphicdesign

20.02.2025 22:56 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Letter of the Day: Stylistic Alternate "E" in a font for Swell Type that's in the final check stage! #letteroftheday #type #typography #font #fonts #makingfonts #graphicdesign #glyphsapp

07.02.2025 22:37 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

don't worry it will have that too 😇

07.02.2025 22:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Letter D

Letter of the Day: D from a Swell Type font in the works. Doesn't look like much, but you'll be able to dial in EXACTLY how serifed you want every letter to be! Having some fun with this one. #letteroftheday #graphicdesign #type #typography #fonts #fontmaking

31.01.2025 22:39 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

CCC

A trio of Cs from a nearly finished font for @comicraft1992.bsky.social. You bet they automatically rotate! ( @glyphsapp.com makes it easy). #letteroftheday #typography #comiclettering #graphicdesign #type #fonts

28.01.2025 21:29 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

solid B

vector B

Letter of the day: B from my upcoming Swell Type release HELLAFINE, coming hella soon! #letteroftheday #graphicdesign #typography #fonts

24.01.2025 21:57 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Letter A - solid

Letter A - vector outline

Starting today, I'll post a single letter from whichever font I'm working on. Might as well be an A… #letteroftheday

22.01.2025 21:55 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.

I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.

Here is a snippet of them:

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