Eric Lu

learning and doing my best! working on @mixfont. typography, startups, sf

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

Thanks for your patient response Amy. The main problem I'm going after: in design workflows, it's often not possible (or very time-consuming) to go from an image of text to an editable project. So generation from a few letterforms makes it possible to edit and explore type faster.

AI font gen probably won't replace exceptionally designed typefaces. but it can make it faster and easier to edit, ideate, and prototype. it can also help with more routine tasks, like completing all the glyphs necessary for a complete font file.

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

font licensing is kinda broken? screen-recording of my new workflow: when I find a font, instead of paying literally $2,221+ USD, I screenshot a few words, ai generate the typeface, and then download & use the new TTF. now just need to figure out how embed the model into design processes better...

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

Typography should be accessible to everyone. It's a foundational part of design that shouldn't be controlled only by corporations with powerful lawyers.

Here's a demo of the model working from just a text prompt - no screenshots at all - creating a modern sans serif headline ttf that I can download and use in any of my projects.

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

@amyvanaarle agreed. I need to find a better way to message this

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

@jwegener @alexkehr it was great!! thank you jonathan

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

my friend @alexkehr said to just post more demos on X so here's me generating a font from the La Croix logo

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

@DavidSHolz @alexkehr it’s running the @mixfont model and pipeline that i made! it’s a diffusion based model with a font assembly pipeline built around it. and it’s live and online for anyone to try.

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

@DavidSHolz @alexkehr fonts r coming

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

damn my entire X feed is ads and paid partnerships for AI products now, how do i fix this?

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

no better feeling than actually being excited to launch a product (as opposed to dreading it)

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

the main reason i use codex over claude code is because 5.5 is simply a much higher and larger number than 4.7

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

in sf the popular kids from high school live north of market street, and all the nerdy/alt kids from high school end up living south of market street

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

cool product that came out of my SPC small group. An AI that you can text. congrats @NadavAHollander

[noscroll @noscroll]

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[Eric Lu @ericlu]

now all i need to do is buy ericlu dot com from the random high school kid who owns it now and my life will be complete

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

new era, new X handle

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

who knew that the replacement to VSCode wasn't gonna be a better IDE but actually just a chat app

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

having a superpower of being a "really good judge of people" based on first impressions / initial conversations is dangerous. need to actively fight it.

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

@LizHighleyman felt it in soma in sf too

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

omg earthquake in San Francisco right?

[Eric Lu @ericlu]

im convinced every technical nerdy engineering type should go 100% on trying to look as non-technical as possible; nothing quite like having how tool calls explained to me in a condescending manner lmao