Nick Sherman

I run HEX Projects (npub1usx…9984) where I make fonts and websites.

Fonts In Use (npub1kdx…g08v) co-founder and designer.
Typographics (npub1aex…n4le) designer and developer.
Type@Cooper (npub1rtl…d6p7) and MassArt graduate.  
Fan of monster movies, pizza, loud music, skateboarding, and my dog, Minni Dog (npub1shq…mej2).

📍 Brooklyn, NYC (previously: Amsterdam, LA, Boston, Cape Cod, Bangkok)

🔗 Homepage: https://nicksherman.com
🔠 Fonts: https://hex.xyz
📸 Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman
🍕 Pizzas on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/NickSherman

Last Notes

2026-06-07 19:46:54 CEST

$100 reward to anyone who can render a $1 bill on a webpage at actual size (as measured on the screen) without knowing the device. Serious.
(This is a revival of an identical challenge I posed back in 2013 that still remains unsolved.)

2026-05-23 02:07:38 CEST

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I’ve been there!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/51801627860/
(Keeping with the Flickr link theme.)

2025-09-24 21:07:38 CEST

All the dramatic flashes that flare up when interacting with iOS 26 make me feel like I’m in a JJ Abrams movie (even when the “reduce motion” setting is enabled).
https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/260/837/861/901/483/original/2c3a81f8c6492e4c.mp4

2025-07-19 17:34:01 CEST

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Pedantic Service Announcement (time edition):
When specifying time in the USA, “EST” stands for “Eastern Standard Time”, which is only really relevant for less than half of the year. During daylight saving time it’s “EDT” for “Eastern Daylight Time”.
When you’re not sure if the time you’re specifying is EST or EDT, just say “ET” or “Eastern Time”, which is a generic way to refer to the time zone, regardless of daylight saving status.
Same goes for Pacific / PST / PDT / PT etc.

2025-07-18 22:19:35 CEST

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I had to do a double-take on that top photo because it looks incredibly similar to the house where I grew up on Cape Cod, built in 1786. The barn out back was used as my dad’s workshop for building/repairing wooden boats.

2025-07-01 07:17:06 CEST

Thoroughly enjoying the bug in the Max iOS app where title logos and plot descriptions are overlaid on imagery from completely different movies.
https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/776/278/718/132/178/original/2ca0663b14886550.jpeg

2025-03-31 14:51:24 CEST

I’ve been staring at the logo for The Plane Train for several minutes now trying to decide if the shift of the dot on the ‘i’ and counter of the ‘a’ is intentional or not.
#NickOnTrains
https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/257/132/467/519/255/original/d015fe4077f108b7.jpeg

2024-11-21 19:59:20 CET

I’m a big fan of @npub1svp…js2d’s Blacklight tool for checking the user-tracking tech on any website. Seeing all the trackers used on the sites you use and love the most can be a sobering experience.
https://themarkup.org/blacklight
One under-appreciated use of the tool is for checking your own website for trackers you might not even know exist in your code. It helped me uncover and remove some unwanted Google tracking code hidden in a JavaScript file for an old project recently.