Notes

After randomly stumbling on Practical Typography (a really great resource on typography!), I finally decided to change the font of my website. I switched from using a combination of Merriweather and Raleway to Adobe’s “Source” font family (Source Serif 4, Source Sans 3, and Source Code Pro)—yes, I set a custom monospace font now!

I’ve actually planned on doing this font change before while upgrading the website—IIRC, I picked Merriweather and Raleway on a whim in the past. But I was lazy and felt the current ones were already good. Well, skimming that typography primer gave me the final push I needed. It’s also a simple change since I’ve set the fonts as variables, and Tailwind automatically changed everything.

I’m not sure if I’m just biased because it’s a new look or if it’s truly categorically better, but it looks great! They’re also under the same Adobe open-source family, so they should work better together. The most noticeable thing to me, besides the slightly smaller, lighter look, is its curly quotes, which are much more visible than before. It’s small, but I like it.

I’m kinda finished with the website upgrade now. I’ve spent the latter half of October focusing on this, and I’m rather proud of how it came up. Unexpectedly, it’s coming in clutch as a portfolio for an internship, which I’ll be detailing later today in a proper blog post.

I said “kinda” because I’ve already planned some new features for the website. I’m thinking of adding a comment section using giscus and supporting embeds like YouTube and Twitter using Astro Embed. And I’ll probably come up with more ideas along the way. The improvement shall never stop… 😆

This past week, I’ve been trying to upgrade my personal web (this website) to the latest version of the original template. It’s been about a year since I upgraded the deps or touched the website in any way.

Oh, I’m also trying GitHub Copilot. It helps answer where some features are located, creates “Upgrade Notes”, and composes good commit messages. It’s pretty handy since I’m forgetting lots of my web’s features 😅.