“The output was unbridled garbage. Because the effort was removed, so was the commitment, and with the commitment the focus, and with the focus any meaningful product at all.”

I sometimes worry when my type design projects are measured in years that I’m “too slow” or “inefficient”. Then I breathe and accept that working is thinking, making is understanding and speed and volume are not metrics for “success”.

https://thoughts.hmmz.org/2026-05-31.html