June 16, 2026 at 3:00:47 PM UTC — Across the Awesomeverse

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Laura Bohill got a brief for Font Awesome 7: make something expressive, no rules, total freedom.

Reader, she had an existential crisis.

The result is Chisel — and it's unlike anything we've released. New Podcast Awesome episode is live. 🎙️

Watch → https://youtu.be/ALlNUTYC83g?si=Yi-xANnkrfqaiCed

Also posted to Bluesky.

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Font Awesome Bluesky 7 days later

The whole concept came from a book cover. Specifically the stroke contrast in the typeface on it.

Laura had one question: can you bring thick-to-thin stroke contrast into an icon system?

Nobody had really done it. She wasn't sure it would work. She did it anyway.

Watch → youtu.be/ALlNUTYC83g?...
Font Awesome Mastodon 7 days later

The whole concept came from a book cover. Specifically the stroke contrast in the typeface on it.
Laura had one question: can you bring thick-to-thin stroke contrast into an icon system?
Nobody had really done it. She wasn't sure it would work. She did it anyway.
Watch → https://youtu.be/ALlNUTYC83g?si=O8fA_ViTGAPYiHsA