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Richard Lemon

Richard Lemon builds Ghost themes at Aftertype Studio. He writes here about typography, accessibility and the small decisions that make a publication feel finished.

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Sounding is out.

Build in public

Sounding is out.

Sounding is the third Aftertype theme: a Ghost theme for podcasts, with the episode player at the top of every page and a button to the private Transistor feed.

Azimuth is out

The second Aftertype theme, for newsletters where the email is the publication and the site is the archive.

Azimuth, week one

Azimuth, week one

The second theme is for people whose publication is really the email. First notes.

Northline: notes on the first theme

Northline: notes on the first theme

Why the first Aftertype theme is an editorial theme, and what I decided not to build.

From 95 to 100: an accessibility pass on a Ghost theme

From 95 to 100: an accessibility pass on a Ghost theme

Northline shipped at 95 for accessibility. Here is what was actually wrong, what it took to reach 100, and why you should calculate contrast ratios instead of trusting your eyes.

What Aftertype is

What Aftertype is

A one-person studio making Ghost themes. This is the journal that goes with it.