#100

06 June 2025

I just want to start by thanking everyone that’s read or shared The Index. This newsletter would be nothing without you.

This newsletter has evolved so much since Issue #1 but one thing it has done is maintained its shortness and hopefully, its sweetness too.

This is a stunning collection of ephemeral print for every day stuff. Y’know, tickets, flyers and labels. The typography, the creative and the history is fascinating.

Declan Chidlow takes us on a really interesting tour of the often, under-reported world of print stylesheets, how to use them and also how to debug them.

I’ve long been a fan of The Oatmeal but this particular comic really resonates. It sums up iteration really well too.

Long time subscribers know how important we feel about creating your own thing. Hopefully this article gives you a push to make something — anything you can call yours.

A great rundown of a logo refinement project. It’s tempting to do full redesigns, but if you’ve got a good base already, an iteration of what already works can be really successful too.

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P.S. this is pretty funny.

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Andy