Notes From A Writer's Desk V: The Final Font-tier

(Yes, this is a Star Trek Joke)

Good Monday.

Here is a graph of fonts, a sorting of tiers... font... tiers. I'm truly sorry, but at the fifth installment, we've reached 'saga' levels of ineptitude on my part and you shant be getting much better.

Also a shout out to resident substack revolutionary

Andy Futuro

for inspiring me to make a parody font “FUTURO” based on the Futura font. 😅😅😅

If you would like this as a legitimate font… let me know in the comments, and I’ll see what can be cooked up!

So let’s bust out that fresh sheet of paper, plop it on the desk, and get to writing!

But first… you can support my declining mental health with a paid subscription. I’m so insane, I’m giving you a free first month! You can try out being a Fiker by clicking below. Don’t like it… it won’t hurt my feelings if you let it expire at the end.¹

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FIT TO PRINT 📎

So here’s stuff I wish I had written that’s fit to print!

FTL Communications (STELLAR EMPIRE - Lore)

Andrew Sears

continues the “Science of Stellar Empire” series with a post about FTL (faster-than-light) Communications and The Ansible Network.

Our Stellar Empire substack has an ongoing weekly series on Fridays (Born of Ash and Iron), plus weekly lore posts on Mondays.

Science of Stellar Empire: FTL Communications

Born of Ash and Iron — Chapter 12 (Stellar Empire “Empirefall Chronicles" novella series)

Andrew Sears

is nearing the end of the Born of Ash and Iron novella with one of the punchiest chapters I’ve read so far. I’m sorry I did not post about this sooner, but I was hit by a major stomach bug that rendered my body and mind a wasteland (more than usual anyway). This chapter is fantastic, raises the tension and action even higher than before, and I’m honestly caught offguard with every read… and I’m helping review and edit them!

Haven’t read ANY of it yet? Unless you want to Tarantino-start-in-the-middle it, you can go to the beginning with CHAPTER ONE here.

Born of Ash and Iron — Chapter 12

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THE JUNK DRAWER 🚮

I’m a collector of links, art, funny sayings, quotes, people, nostalgia morsels, and I toss them into a database I will never hope to mine and share out. But my general unhinged ADHD is your reward (weekly)!

[Art] Designs from Rachel Gillespie (Seer Design Co.), who likes to play with type (and fonts *wink wink*) in her work:🔗🖼️

[Article] The Best Book Cover Fonts to Use Right Now - THE BOOK DESIGNER (09/2023)

• I know it says RIGHT NOW, but I think re-visiting these types of design assets is perfect for authors looking to see what typefaces and fonts work well within your genre of choice… or what to avoid if you are trying to break the format or traditions in your genres!

[Articulate Buffoonery] Teeming with Meme-ing:

• Old Building

• Tell me ‘Y’

• Fonts You Have vs. Fonts You Use

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UPDATES 📰

• Stellar Empire:

  • Friday “Born of Ash and Iron — Chapter 13” from

    Andrew Sears

  • Monday Stellar Empire Lore “What’s Brewing?” from

    Mike Rogers

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