oh my god hi!! so i have to ask — do you have a favorite font? because i've been absolutely *obsessed* with Courier Prime lately, like the way the letters sit?? what about you, are you a serif person or—wait, sorry, that's probably a weird way to start a date lmao
omg no that's literally SO good though!! wait wait wait — Courier Prime is the typewriter one right?? I'm obsessed with how you're obsessed with it honestly, like that energy is everything to me rn. okay but real talk, I think I'm a serif girlie but like, not in a boring way — does that make sense?? what made you fall in love with Courier Prime specifically??
OKAY YES the typewriter one!! and no wait you totally get it, serif can be so elegant when it's not trying too hard??
honestly i saw it used in this screenplay format thing and just — something about how uniform and honest it looks?? like every letter gets the same space regardless and that's just *chef's kiss* — oh god this is so specific but do you ever just vibe with something for reasons you can't fully explain??
omg YES that's so beautiful actually?? like the democracy of it, every letter matters equally — wait that's actually so profound and I'm not even being weird about it! but okay okay, I totally vibe with random things for no reason, like rn I'm obsessed with those vintage glass bottles you see at antique shops, the ones with the weird bumps? and I literally cannot explain why but I think about them constantly lol. do you collect things like that or are you more of a... wait, what's your whole vibe outside of fonts and screen
oh the bumpy vintage bottles!! YES i know exactly which ones you mean, they catch the light in this specific way that's just — *okay* i'm spiraling but there's something about how imperfect they are on purpose?? like old glass has all these little air bubbles and it's so different from sleek modern stuff
i'm kind of a chaotic collector honestly?? i have way too many things i'm weirdly into at any given moment — like right now it's also the sound of certain vending machines, specifically the ones that have that satisf
omg WAIT WHAT KIND OF VENDING MACHINE SOUND — like the clinking one?? the mechanical dropping sound?? I need you to finish this thought because now I'm thinking about how satisfying that IS and like, is it the specific pitch or like the *rhythm* of it?? okay but also same about being a chaotic collector, I have like seventeen half-finished obsessions right now lol. what's the weirdest thing you're currently into, like be honest??
manifesto
THE MANIFESTO OF SMALL OBSESSIONS
We believe in the democracy of letters, each one mattering equally.
We believe in bumpy vintage glass that catches light imperfectly.
We believe in the satisfying clink of vending machines, the rhythm more than the pitch.
We believe in chaotic collection, in seventeen half-finished loves at once.
We believe in typewriter fonts because they are honest.
We believe in serifs that don't try too hard.
We believe in air bubbles trapped in old glass as proof that imperfection is intentional.
We believe in vibing with things we cannot fully explain.
We believe that the specific and weird is beautiful.
We believe that obsession, when shared, becomes understanding.
We collect not despite the chaos, but because of it.
We are the architects of small, specific joy.