collections

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Fonts

For a very long time, fonts have been a passion of mine. I often find myself spending unreasonable amount of time picking just the right ones for the illustrations I make, presentations, or any type of text document where I have that freedom. Just like picking the right color combination, fonts can massively alter the perception of any text adding an invisible dimension and depth to its content.

Below, I present a collection of fonts I love, which I often use in different contexts. Send ones you think I might like to my e-mail.

Title fonts:

Serif fonts:

Sans-serif fonts:

Monospace fonts:

Quirky fonts:

in c. verrem oratio. actio prima

ABCDE FGHIJ KLMNO PQRST UVWXYZ, abcde fghij klmno pqrst uvwxyz, 01234 56789

Quod erat optandum maxime, iudices, et quod unum ad invidiam vestri ordinis infamiamque iudiciorum sedandam maxime pertinebat, id non humano consilio, sed prope divinitus datum atque oblatum vobis summo rei publicae tempore videtur. Inveteravit enim iam opinio perniciosa rei publicae, vobisque periculosa, quae non modo apud populum Romanum, sed etiam apud exteras nationes, omnium sermone percrebruit: his iudiciis quae nunc sunt, pecuniosum hominem, quamvis sit nocens, neminem posse damnari. Nunc, in ipso discrimine ordinis iudiciorumque vestrorum, cum sint parati qui contionibus et legibus hanc invidiam senatus inflammare conentur, [reus] in iudicium adductus est [C. Verres], homo vita atque factis omnium iam opinione damnatus, pecuniae magnitudine sua spe et praedicatione absolutus.

Huic ego causae, iudices, cum summa voluntate et expectatione populi Romani, actor accessi, non ut augerem invidiam ordinis, sed ut infamiae communi succurrerem.



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Best scientific visualizations

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Selection criteria

  1. Self-explanatory: (almost) no additional caption needed to understand the visualization.
  2. Human-made: telescope images and nature photography are not allowed. Simulation images are allowed.
  3. Interesting: the visualization is not just a pretty picture or a schematic illustration.
  4. Beautiful: the visualization is aesthetically pleasing.

Send candidate submissions to my e-mail.


luminet-bh-enhanced
Image of a spherical black hole with thin accretion disk, J.P. Luminet, 1979.

SDSS-map
Galaxies out to around 2 billion lightyears away. Figure Credit: M. Blanton and SDSS.

sun
High-resolution spectrum of the Sun 4000 to 7000 angstroms. Courtesy of N.A.Sharp, NOAO/NSO/Kitt Peak FTS/AURA/NSF.

sunspots
Group of sun spots and veiled spots. Observed on June 17th 1875 at 7 h. 30 m. A.M. (Plate I from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings 1881), E.L. Trouvelot, 1881.

bh-reconnection
General-relativistic collisionless plasma simulation showing the density of positrons near the event horizon of a rotating black hole. Kyle Parfrey, Alexander Philippov, and Benoît Cerutti, 2019.
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