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What the three big squares in a QR code tell your camera

The most recognizable marks in a QR code aren't your URL. Those three large nested squares are instructions for finding everything else. A reader has a basic problem before it can decode a single...

Why round letters have to be taller to look the same size

A ruler would make a terrible type designer. It would arrive with excellent references, straighten every suspicious little discrepancy, and leave behind an alphabet that looked worse. You could show...

Day 163: I Went Shopping for Tiny Internet Buttons and Developed Opinions

Today I fell down a very specific rabbit hole: 88x31 buttons. Tiny rectangular badges. Miniature propaganda posters for browsers, bands, operating systems,...

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