Whatever Musk does next, and whatever impulse decision is walked back on, the damage to Twitter has been done, and anything I would’ve posted here will now be posted on Mastodon instead. Hope to see you there!
You can find me as “elliotjaystocks” there (and everywhere else). 👋
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MOVING TO MASTODON. 
Working on Knowledge & making music as Other Form. Past lives: Creative Director, , , .
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(Alright, I said I was off Twitter for a while, but this has just come out and it didn’t seem fair to the creators to not promote on this here.)
I had a lovely chat with for the latest episode of ’s Creative Characters podcast. Available to listen now!
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I’m going to use what might be one of my last tweets in a while to announce that I’m speaking at Freiburg 2023! 😀
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I have a new EP out today. It’s on Robert Hoff’s label trau-ma. It’s available to buy or stream on all the usual places. I hope you enjoy it.
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New typography newsletter going out this afternoon, folks, and it even *nearly* has a name. Subscribe to find out more...
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But he also scored some very non-Lynch-y films, too, such as my favourite Christmas movie of all time... National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. (Yes!)
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RIP, Angelo Badalamenti. A true master.
He first came to my attention through his music for (of course) David Lynch’s films — first, Lost Highway, then I moved backwards to Twin Peaks, etc. Everything Lynch has ever done owes so much to A.B.’s scores.
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If you’ve had kids and your kids are no longer babies, have the Kleenex ready while you read the lyrics to ’s “Daydreaming”. Some perfectly articulated moments of early parenting in there in that wonderful little pop song.
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See also: our 2017 playlist! Although, sadly, two of the tracks are no longer available.
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When and I were running , we made a bunch of seasonal playlists. Our “Lagom Christmas Playlist 2016” is still one of my favourites, and we play it around the house a lot at this time of year.
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Dusted off the Yeti for a lovely chat with for ’s Creative Characters podcast. Coming soon to an information superhighway near you!
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My label, Unknown Movements, is getting its first BBC airplay tonight, courtesy of Surgeons Girl, who’s including a track from Suhasya’s recent EP in her mix for ’s Ravers Hour. See you on 6Music at 11pm! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00
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[11/11] Phew, I think that’s it. A more detailed version of this thread can be found on my blog:
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[10/11] By my count, GFK now consists of 76 articles (spread over 9 modules) and 149 glossary terms! What content do you want to see on the site? Do you want to write it? Or do you know someone who’d be a great contributor? Please do get in touch!
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[9/11] A new article by yours truly, called “How to make type feel authentic”, about overcoming repetition in type. Like when posters have supposedly ‘distressed’ type, except that every letter is distressed in the same place? That stuff drives me mad. fonts.google.com/knowledge/usin
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[8/11] A new module on readability, kicking off with two articles by Google’s own and Susanna Zaraysky: “How type influences readability” and “Introducing accessibility in typography”: fonts.google.com/knowledge/read
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[7/11] An introductory piece on how typefaces are designed and fonts are made by my friend, neighbour, and the man behind the blog, : fonts.google.com/knowledge/intr
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[6/11] An exploration into ’s work on pairing typefaces using the font matrix, written by Pimp My Type’s . If you get stuck on how to combine typefaces and the usual tips don’t lead you anywhere, I thoroughly recommend this approach: fonts.google.com/knowledge/choo
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[5/11] “Vertical spacing & line-height in design systems” by Sebastian Bailey. Line height can get surprisingly confusing, especially when you’re trying to maintain design systems. This piece addresses the main paint points: fonts.google.com/knowledge/usin
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[4/11] A gigantic piece by called “From type to logotype”, which does exactly what it says in the tin, working from sketch, to typeface selection, to incorporating a mark, to finalising a full logo: fonts.google.com/knowledge/usin
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[3/11] Another three articles on type history, written by ’s John Boardley: fonts.google.com/knowledge/hist
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[2/11] A new module on CJK, written by (with ), offering a detailed look at the typographic considerations for setting text in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean: fonts.google.com/knowledge/type
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[1/11] The year’s almost at its end, but we’ve got one last Knowledge drop for you, and, although I’m biassed... it’s a really good one. Please allow me to run through all of the Q4 additions to the site via the medium of the thread...
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I can confirm that this “see less often” button does not actually work. I’ve pressed it every time I’ve got an Elon notification.
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It’s been nice shipping out a physical product again after a while. Plenty of cards left if anyone wants to grab some:
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Reflecting on last night’s gig. Easily the best live music in a while, and it’s reignited my interest in making more guitar-based music again.
Also, we got Rob to sign the vinyl edition of ‘Almanac’ and discovered that Molly was responsible for the typography. 🤯
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Gutted to be missing tonight’s , but also excited to be seeing for the first time.
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Do I know anyone who works on the website? Because you should know that it’s impossible to scroll on any page if you’re using Safari. 😬
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Reasons to join Tumblr (a thread 🧵)
Reason to Join Tumblr #1:
The feed is reverse chronological so if you scroll long enough, you’ll see everyone’s posts
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And for my music-y stuff as Other Form, you can find me here:
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Obligatory “in case Twitter goes down” tweet:
For my design-y stuff, you can find me here:
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If Twitter really is about to go down, come and say hi on Mastodon instead:
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Mastodon right now feels like the early days of Twitter, and I like that. It’s all folks I know — mainly web conference buddies — and it’s cosy. Personally, I’m not sure it’ll ever reach critical mass, which is, of course, a good thing and a bad thing. But let’s see.
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But no, I’m not a fan of Musk or what he’s doing to Twitter staff, and “the good ol’ days” are long gone. Somehow, I’ve managed to avoid the dregs of humanity on here (that’s on Facebook, isn’t it? And worse, because they’re our relatives?), but yeah I miss what Twitter once was.
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