Torley Wong Torley Wong amplifies your awesome with the useful and fun. He also has an irrepressible passion for discovering the connections between seemingly unrelated things, and unfolding how they were invented. Enjoy his personality at Torley Lives.
Labels are fragile: text and pictures have always been closely connected. From the dawn of written language to the era of microcomputers, much of human creation has explored the relationship between the literal and the figurative, the form and the function. Within this is the future site of retro, ASCII art. It's often used as a catch-all term for "text-based art," regardless of the actual... Read More
Nowadays, typefaces are a dime a dozen; there's certainly no shortage of free fonts. But as in any artistic field, the standouts are rare, and understanding why they excel takes gradual experience.
In this yarn, we'll take a closer look at inspiring stories behind the design of typefaces that you may have seen or used but didn't know the history of. We'll explore the nooks and crannies —... Read More
The whole may be more than the sum of its parts, but without the parts, there is no whole. Lest that sound like some weird philosophical meandering to you, take comfort in observing the finer aspects of creative and appealing user interface design.
The following list bucks tradition by not being tied to one particular theme; although, as you’ll see, there are subtle threads running... Read More
