font identification machine and local jogger • designer at @washingtonpost • favorite fonts right now: rizado, sarina

Joined February 2014
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Emma Kumer retweeted
Fan fiction used to be a scarlet letter for writers trying to get traditionally published. Now, it's a bona fide pipeline. But as fic becomes more and more mainstream, how exactly do we define it? And what makes it so alluring? (gif art from @EmmaKumer)
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The Society for News Design is excited to announce @EmmaKumer of @washingtonpost as the World’s Best Emerging Designer for her individual social media portfolio in the #SND46 Creative Competition. Read the full announcement at snd.org/national-geographics…
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I’m joining 700 of my Washington Post colleagues and walking off the job today because the company is breaking the law and bargaining in bad faith. @PostGuild is fighting for better wages and a fair contract. Respect our picket line by avoiding Post journalism for 24 hours.
Workers @washingtonpost have been in contract negotiations with our bosses for 18 months. But the company is refusing to pay us what we’re worth or bargain in good faith. So on Dec. 7, we’re walking off the job for 24 hours.
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22 Aug 2023
just ran into a mourning dove on my walk home. we chatted about hooo, oouu, coo, things of that nature
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7 Jul 2023
NEW: Deep underground, a machine named “Hazel” is digging a 2-mile-long tunnel. It’s meant to keep millions of gallons of sewage from seeping into the Potomac. And it’s drilling below the historic city of Alexandria, Va. Come 138 feet under w/ @postlocal wapo.st/44xYx8L
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26 Jun 2023
Attention font Twitter! @lmshap @geoffreyfowler and I got to the bottom of how fonts are actually tested for legibility and replicated those tests for everyone to try! Check it out, paywall-free this week: washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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We're those weirdos. Our latest: What’s your type? How fonts change the way you read and write. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
28 Mar 2023
I do not give a flying FUCK about Fonts... Weirdo shit.
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26 Jun 2023
the wapo paywall is off until thursday (!!!) and we have this HOT NEW STORY about FONTS just in time 😉 washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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22 May 2023
RT @brandonetc: some incredible work from @sarahnpineda and @EmmaKumer adapting this WaPo piece on bird sounds to the Instagram Story forma…
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17 May 2023
Fastest woman @EmmaKumer and fastest team including @courtneybeesch and other fast colleagues on team It Speeds It Ledes!!
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12 May 2023
Just found out this is WASHINGTON POST PHOTOGRAPHY!?
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this photo possesses the glamour of a bygone era
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12 May 2023
(photo by John Taggart for @washingtonpost)
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RT @brandonetc: extremely cool: The Washington Post is up for a bunch of Webbys! on social: for Instagram: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicV… for ver…

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Sorry i haven’t been tweeting. I’ve been making bird noises in real life
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Emma Kumer retweeted
Passed my dissertation defense yesterday!!! its Dr. Abby Smith to you plebes!! (but actually, I have such a village that made the past 5.5 years possible and i love y'all) #givingupmyPhDforLent
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