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This Year Is 90% Over

Posted by huashu on Monday November 27, 2023 @08:18PM
from the self-post dept.

What is one thing you've done for your product or workflow that made a huge difference?For me, writing a monthly product update to my customers for the logo design tool I'm working on. It helped me improve Typogram.

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Re:Stop wasting time searching for startup ideas on Monday October 09, 2023 @03:26PM (#37824285)
This is cool. I think another thing you can think of to add is maybe how to validate your product. When we were building Typogram (https://typogram.co/) it was one of the hardest thing to figure out.
Re:Publii: Open-source local WYSIWYG static site CMS on Saturday July 23, 2022 @04:24PM (#32207246)
running several blogs on publii! (https://typogram.co/blog/) Loving it!

the only feedback I have is making co-editing easy. sometimes I co-write articles. this is rly hard with a desktop app.

Also, wishing for some kind of SEO plugin that would make writing descriptions easier.

Grow on Twitter Together

Posted by huashu on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @10:37PM
from the self-post dept.

Hi everyone! Twitter is a great way to build a supportive community and acquire potential users. In the past couple of months, I have been trying to grow on Twitter as part of my startup/indie hacking journey.One thing I notice is that I had better results when I consistently show up on Twitter, tweeting or making comments under people's tweets. When I first started on Twitter it was difficult....

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Re:Helvetica Now Variable on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @02:52PM (#28213442)
really amazing work by the monotype team. As always, font licensing is a very tricky business, so I understand everyone's frustration here.

If any of you are looking for an open-sourced sans serifs for your sass and other projects, I covered a couple in my newsletter. I go over how to use them with examples and use cases. some are variable:

https://fonts.substack.com/p/dosis https://fonts.substack.com/p/fow-no4-libre-franklin-a-versat...

Re:Show HN: FontDiscovery – sharing design tips by showing fonts on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @02:09PM (#26254174)
I write a weekly newsletter sharing design tips by showing you free fonts! it's a tool for ppl who like to do design and tweaking themselves.