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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @jectives@typo.social

@jectives@typo.social yay! Thanks bud! More where this is coming from soon!

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Jul 27, 2026

I started working on some studies for type.lol https://type.lol/studies/where-designers-learn I've been working on others studies like, Where is type getting made? What's the genealogy of type, and more! Curious if this kind of information is fun to dive into or not.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Mar 18, 2026

If you were excited to hear about Boring Admin™ for Type.lol I've got you covered. I'm all ears if you've got comments, questions, feedback, etc!

https://youtu.be/UXakUid5Y7M

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Mar 17, 2026

Replying to @benkiel@typo.social

@benkiel the perfect reply 😂👏👏👏

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Mar 12, 2026

Anyone interested in seeing any of the weird admin/management stuff for Type.lol, or is that boring?

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Mar 06, 2026

Replying to @onpaperwings@typo.social

@onpaperwings I’m sorry—AND this is one of the funniest things I’ve read. It’s so relatable and true. AI is coming to destroy us, comma…printers still are bad. How can it be both 😂

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 26, 2026

Replying to @crcstudio@mastodon.design

@crcstudio honestly can not wait!

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 26, 2026

Replying to @crcstudio@mastodon.design

@crcstudio Huzzah! Yay! Top left there's a settings cog, and in that is a feedback thing for feedback info, or "submit" for submitting a new foundry/typeface/designer. Either of those would be lovely!

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 26, 2026

Replying to @w__h_@typo.social

@w__h_ does the new collections stuff in type.lol do what you’re hoping for? (This is the biased part) I never tried type sample before, so I’m like..”what is that?” I get you on the social media stuff, despite…actively talking to you here haha. But this is a nice place that’s pretty focused.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @mark@typo.social

@crcstudio Sorry jumped the gun! I thought my script ran on all things, but it only did some, it'll be more time. You can set it up in your account by modifying/editing your profile though, and that will work!

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Thought I'd share this video explaining type.lol to try to be more helpful and more clear (who I am, why I'm working on type.lol, what it is, what it's for, how to use it, etc).

If it's useful, amazing! If you wish I answered more about XYZ let me know and I'll make a follow up!

https://youtu.be/F65wKHvq588?si=bAcumY7MNGmkoOC8

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @w__h_@typo.social

@w__h_ I have a biased suggestion…but also curious which bits you like most from letterbox.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @boldmonday@mastodon.online

@boldmonday That would be amazing, thank you! That's exactly the kind of collaboration I'm hoping for. Foundries supplying their own data is always going to be more accurate than any automated pipeline. The scraping + AI enrichment was really just a way to bootstrap the initial dataset working solo, not the end state. The whole point is to get to a place where foundries have direct control over how they're represented. If you create an account you can claim your profile for your foundry/designer entities and have edit access to make these changes.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @boldmonday@mastodon.online

@boldmonday Also looking into Bold Monday in particular, extra sorry! It looks like this came from my earliest scraping attempt so the enrichment was really off/bad! So sorry about that! Running a new batch of fixes on Bold Monday, then passing through others afterwards.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @mark@typo.social

@boldmonday Also, It's possible many things have been scraped at various parts of the process, so the enrichment results might vary. My main goal was to try to get stuff in, and then enrich/have foundries/designers/users help identify what's wrong and what's right. I’m really just trying to make a place for designers to browse, collect, share, and discover independently created type and ideally buy directly from foundries.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @crcstudio@mastodon.design

@crcstudio there should be connections to Fonts in Use for many of the entities there now! If any are off or not working please let me know and I’ll can re-run my scraper thing to try to resolve them :)

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @boldmonday@mastodon.online

@boldmonday Thanks and sorry haha. It's not perfect, but it's a start. For context: I'm a single person working on this, so it’s hard to get ~20K entities and all their respective facts correct on the first go, so your reply and knowing what's wrong is helpful in figuring out how to get it right. Thank you! tl;dr: Airtable Doc → Scraper → Claude → Type.lol The data is a blend that comes from parsing site text through an LLM that tries to format the data to the correct data structure for type.lol to render it in a way that makes sense. There's plenty of work left to do, but one way to make sure it's right is create an account, claim a profile, and edit your profile directly. Otherwise it will still probably be a bit more finagling on my part to get things right.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 23, 2026

Replying to @crcstudio@mastodon.design

@crcstudio Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it! That's a great idea! I’m sure it is possible, I'll probably just need to re-enrich our typeface data to add that kind of thing and give some controls as well. I'll add that to my roadmap and see if I can ship something tonight or sometime this week otherwise!

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 18, 2026

Replying to @colinmford@typo.social

@colinmford I'm on it! Gonna be working late tonight on a lot of profile editing and admin stuff :) I'll let you know when some goodies ship, hopefully tonight or early tomorrow morning.

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 17, 2026

Replying to @mark@typo.social

While I'd say there's a lot here, there's plenty more work to be done, but I'm excited to share where it's at so far and hear what you're hoping to see next!

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Mark Johnson @mark@typo.social · Feb 17, 2026

After years of thinking about it, and a bit of time working on it, I'm super excited to announce a new version of https://type.lol/ 🔤

Now you can follow foundries, designers, and friends—collect typefaces, and explore them in entirely new ways. (Carousel, Grid, List, Graph, Globe)

Type.lol has evolved from a simple list into a full-on collection tool that bridges the gap between type exploration, discovery, and purchase—connecting foundries and designers more directly than ever.

My hope is that this helps build a new kind of marketplace where type designers earn more from their work, and designers can more easily find the perfect typefaces for their projects.

I can’t wait for you to try it out and let me know what you think!

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