100

If youre
reading
this its
day 100

Today marks the end of my #100DaysofFonts journey! Do a little dance, or go eat Korean BBQ. More thoughts on this project to come on the blog, but in the meantime tackling some Frequently Asked Questions about this project for posterity.

What is 100 Days of Fonts?

100 Days of Fonts is a personal creative project inspired by Elle Luna the 100 Day Project. Every day for the last 99 days, I designed and coded a combination of Google Fonts, the result of which lives on this page.

Did you really do it everyday?

Yes. Every. Single. Day. Except Day 95... I fell asleep halfway after one too many glasses of wine and woke up very disappointed.

What’s next?

Time to pick up another personal project that I’m sure will lead to more long nights and more tears. Keep in touch:

Set in Just Me Again Down Here, Cabin, and Libre Baskerville

from
little
things,

big
things
grow.

Set in Carrois Gothic SC and Cardo

Listen to the song

treat

your

-self

butter is
your best
friend

choose
butter over
bros

when in
doubt,
add butter

Set in Yeseva One and Roboto

Saturday

No 1338

Featuring:

Netflix, Noodles, and Naps

Set in Lora and Roboto

In 5 years,
I want to be:

Taking time this weekend to think more about who I want to be and what I want to be doing 5 years down the road.

It’s so tempting for me to believe that there will be a more “appropriate” time in the future to start chasing your dreams or take risks, but really no better time than now.

In 5 years, what do you want to be?

Set in Playfair Display and Vollkorn

too tipsy too tipsy too tipsy too tipsy too tipsy too tipsy too tipsy too tipsy

Had one too many glasses of wine. I’m typing this with one finger. Let me live.

Set in Six Caps and Playfair Display

GOT N THING LEFT TO GIVE T NIGHT

good night, sleep tight

Set in Dosis and Cutive Mono

If you could only have one or the other for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

Tweet me your answer. I myself am a recent noodle convert.

Rice
Or

Noo-
dles

Set in Libre Baskerville and Righteous

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

Oscar
Wilde

Set in Reenie Beanie and Playfair Display

My
5 Main
Food
Groups

1. Fried Okra

2. Ribs

3. B.B.Q. Sauce

4. Rice

5. Kimchi

Set in Paytone One and EB Garamond

When you can hear the fireworks but can’t see them because it’s so foggy out.

#sfproblems

Set in Codystar and Josefin Slab

Peeno Noir

Caviar, Myanmar,
mid-sized car

You don't have to be popular

Find out who your true friends are

Au Revoir

Set in Pinyon Script and Montserrat

Underrated

Hashtags

of Instagram

#farmerflorist

#heritagepork

#backyardchickens

#handmadesoap

#farmtomouth

Set in Roboto and Open Sans Condensed

t a k e t i m e

Take the time to do the things that excite you, whatever they may be.

For me, that thing is apparently scouring the internet for seed varieties to plant in my imaginary flower farm. Doh.

Set in Righteous and Lora

Show up, make space.

Trust that anything else you might need will follow.

Set in Abril Fatface and PT Sans Narrow

a family affair

a midnight haiku

Brother cleaned my house.
Folded all the socks and stuff.
Whose panties are these?

Set in Carrois Gothic SC and Cutive Mono

C h e e r s !

to the 4-day work week

Set in Six Caps and Montserrat

L o v e
W i n s

Set in Londrina Outline and Montserrat

supreme court of the united states

OBERGEFELL v. HODGES

Decided June 26, 2015

No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eys of the law. The constitution grants them that right.

The judgement of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.

It is so ordered.

Set in Playfair Display and Vollkorn

millenial 1: Hey, you! Whatcha been up to these days?

millenial 2: Oh, you know, not much. Just trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.

millenial 1: Hm... that’s a tough one... But should I get bangs?

Dialogue Monologue from my imaginary documentary: Quarter Life Crises.

Bangs or no bangs?

Set in Montserrat, League Script and Cutive Mono

Seek,

and

shall

find.

Matthew 7:7

Set in Roboto and Open Sans Condensed

Must-Watch Documentaries on Netflix

by Do-Hee Kim

Need some not-so-lighthearted movies to add to your summer watch list? This documentary addict has got you covered.

How to Die in Oregon
Blackfish
Food Chains
Lost Angels: Skid Row is my Home
After Tiller

Set in Playfair Display SC and Archivo Black

whatever

you hear them say,

don’t take it

personally

Set in Oswald and Quicksand

home

whereever

with

you

Set in Archivo Black and IM Fell English

note to self

When you think you’ve lost your way, just slow down and take part in the simplest of joys to realize that things are going to be more than okay. The sea never fails to heal.

Set in IM Fell English and Josefin Sans

Mendocino

California

Heading out in the morning for Mendocino for some much needed R&R. Really looking forward to the peace of the coast following this rollercoaster of a work week!

Set in Yanone Kaffeesatz and Playfair Display

S.H.I.T.

so happy it’s thursday

Set in Playfair Display SC and Josefin Slab

Find
your
zen

Feeling unbelievably stressed after work and can’t seem to run it off? Try following a simple recipe to make dinner at home!*
This coming from a woman who identified as someone who “doesn’t like to cook” just earlier today is nothing short of revolutionary. Shoutout to Blue Apron for the unexpected cure for my day-long stress.

Just spent 3 days designing landing pages, so cut me some slack on the bombastic copy.

Set in Oswald, Old Standard TT and Lato

Getout of

town

Getout of

town

Getout of

town

Getout of

town

Set in Montserrat and Sacramento

I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it.

Let’s all rise by lifting each other up.

Set in Yeseva One and Josefin Sans

you

the
good
stuff

Learn to trust and rely on those who love and support you, and you’ll go farther than you would alone. Magic happens when we get together.

Set in Lato and Playfair Display

She loved life andit loved her right back

Set in Quicksand and Sacramento

Tomorrow is a latter day, and I am here for you.

Finally got to see The Book of Mormon tonight. I’ll be singing the songs for the next week straight so watch out. Recommend you cancel that dinner we’re supposed to have, unless you want to hear me sing about Salt Lake City. You have been warned.

Set in League Script and Josefin Sans

three words to sum up this week and then off to bed I go

really

rough

Set in Archivo Black and Montserrat

I believe in you.

Sometimes we forget how empowering and uplifting these four simple words can be.

Set in Lato and Josefin Slab

We’re all just

wing
-ing

this thing called life

find your own path

you don't have to do it all

Set in Fjalla One and Archivo Black

81°

and just like that I fall in love with San Francisco again.

Was that so difficult, dear city?

Set in PT Sans Narrow, Patrick Hand SC and Font Awesome

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Set in Abril Fatface and Montserrat

food
coma -

Ate a bowl of udon bigger than my head. And a side of tempura.

So. many. regrets. right now.

Set in Londrina Outline and Anonymous Pro

reality

—check

That moment when you're listening to your cab driver's life story and you realize you're sitting in an uber, driving up to a lovely house on a hill where you live with the person you love. You instantly let go of all the petty shit that contributed to your “really bad day” and instead just feel grateful.

Set in Oswald and Montserrat

There’s no
weakness in
forgiveness

Tami Taylor

Started watching Friday Night Lights this weekend and man is there some good stuff packed in there.

”

Set in Archivo Black and Prata

Today

just one of those days where the simplest things seem so difficult.

Set in Fjalla One and Cutive Mono

w
e

a
r
e

a
l
l

m
a
d
e

o
f

s
t
a
r
s

Shine

Set in League Script and Righteous

I hate cilantro

the one thing

I know for certain

Set in Vast Shadow and Montserrat

Sundays

are for

bike rides

and

denying

tomorrow

is monday.

Set in Quicksand and Cabin

We’re all
just

walk

-ing

each-

other

home

Set in Montserrat and Playfair Display

friday

〜

The things I would do for there to be a bathtub in our rental. #firstworldproblems

Set in Francois One and Josefin Sans

working
on
growing

Set in Archivo Black and Old Standard TT

your

heart

As true as it is trite. When in doubt, go for what makes your heart beat faster because “the heart knows what it wants baby.”

proud
to
quote
selena
gomez

Set in Oswald, Petit Formal Script, and Playfair Display

“So, what do you do?”

“I'm a designer at a lingerie startup.”

“A lingerie startup? Cool! So you design lingerie?”

“No.”

“Okay... what do you design then?”

“You know, the shopping experience, user interface, and... insert ramble here because I don’t really know how to articulate what I do without using tech jargon.”

#SFStruggles

Set in Cutive Mono and Archivo Black

Slow down

up Speed

Set in Vidaloka and Quicksand

No where to go but every- where.

All that’s left to do is to choose our next adventure.

Where will you choose to go?

Set in Lora and Josefin Sans

be brave

They say if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough.

Spent the day dreamin’ up dreams that terrify me and thinking about what I need to do to make them come true.

I catch myself thinking that I’m too naive, foolish, that there’s so much that stands between me and my dreams, and I should brush off my thoughts as unrealistic and silly.

But really, there’s nothing silly or unrealistic about them and nothing’s keeping me from going after what I want but my own fears. I just need to get over myself.

What are your hopes and dreams that scare you? Are you standing in your own way?

Set in Yanone Kaffeesatz and Playfair Display

my digital life by the numbers

Hours spent playing Sudoku on iPhone

986

Instagram followers

6,824

Pins

54,681

Unread emails

Not sure which one disturbs me the most.

Set in PT Sans Narrow and Old Standard TT

In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you.

Are you
searching
for me?

Set in Open Sans Condensed and Cabin

Hangin’ in there

They say you shouldn’t live for the weekend but heck it’s Memorial Day weekend so I'm counting down the days. Really looking forward to sleeping in, catching up on reading, and pretending it’s summer while wearing long-sleeved PJs.

BTW San Francisco,

It is not okay for me to be wearing my winter coats in May. Please fix this.

Love,
Do-Hee

Set in Oswald, Lora, and Cutive Mono

TUE
S
DAY

An exhausting day at work infinitely improved by an impromptu walk up Twin Peaks, a glass of wine and analysis of rap lyrics via group chat.

Thankful for the small things in life that make all the difference. #trapqueen

Set in Righteous and Josefin Slab

Currently Listening

Looking for love after Serial?
Here are some of my recent go-to podcasts:

Love + Radio

Remotely about love. Definitely radio. Awesomely strange.

StartUp

Now part way through Season 2 so you have plenty to binge on if you're new.

Reply All

A show about the internet. Content is hit or miss for me, but the length = perfect for my morning commute.

Radiolab

I don't understand why someone wouldn't like Radiolab.

On the Media

Thoughtful coverage of current events. Like reading the news but better.

Set in Francois One and EB Garamond

flowers-on-flowers

Do-Hee Kim

floral designer

Open Tue. - Sat. | 8AM - 6PM
1234 Main Street

cheers@flowersonflowers.com

Imaginary business cards for my imaginary alternate life. Ask me how I'm doing on this whole career thing in 5 years.

Set in Montserrat and Playfair Display SC

to-
day

to-day

low point

A 2-hour wait at the post office where I considered stealing goldfish from a baby.

high point

Coming home with 10+ pounds of U-pick Rainier cherries.

Set in Fjalla One and Prata

TGIF

Fridays never get old.

Set in Quicksand and Josefin Slab

on rain

The forecast for today predicted a 40% chance of rain. I had been looking forward to this all week. Getting ready for work this morning, I was hopeful, and stuck an umbrella into my backpack.

Of course, leave it to San Francisco to disappoint when it comes to rain. I didn't see a drop of rain all day and now I'm sitting in bed looking out at a beautiful evening sky. Most days, I can't complain about the year-round, partly-sunny, 60-degree weather, but today, I find myself longing for rain.

Mostly, I miss the sounds. The sound of the early morning rain that lulls you back to sleep, the sound of thunder that makes you jump and curse, the sound of your name being called through a summer rainstorm — I miss it all.

The weather here is so quiet and there's something it that makes me feel like I'm living in a dream in which time has stopped.

This Florida girl is feeling homesick for some real rain.

Set in Oswald and Old Standard TT

“

I'd rather be honest than impressive.

”

Reason 1 of 267 why corporate recruiting didn't work out for me... or so I like to believe.

Set in Cardo and Open Sans

to pay

not
to pay

Finished 2 seasons of Orphan Black.

Considering paying $1.99 an episode for season 3.

#teamhelena

Set in Archivo Black and Anonymous Pro

what scares
you and
go after it.

Set in Montserrat, Oswald, Old Standard TT, and Playfair Display

certain

darkness

is needed

to see

the

stars

Set in Karla and Playfair Display SC

start

some-

where

“Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does.”
— John Steinbeck

“Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work...If you hang in there, you will get somewhere.”
— Chuck Close

Of course there are days when I feel “uninspired” — I stay in the game and just trust that the process and practice will get me through. It hasn't failed me yet.

Set in Francois One and Old Standard TT

Time for a

Staycation

Giving myself permission to sleep in, eat in bed, nap, and be as anti-social as I want this weekend. The next best thing to a piña colada on the beach.

Set in Satisfy and Josefin Sans

BBQ

always

delicious

If there's one thing you should know about me, it's that I love barbecue sauce. As in, if I could have either sriracha or barbecue sauce as a condiment for the rest of my life, I'd choose the second. Yeah.

Set in Abril Fatface, Montserrat, and Lora

Being an

artist

means

forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them.

Annette Messager

Set in Josefin Slab, Fjalla One, Old Standard TT, and League Script

Happy

Children’s

Day.

Today* is “Children's Day” in Korea. It remains one of my favorite holidays even though most would consider me way past the age of childhood.

When will I look and feel as grown up and put together as this layout does? TBD.

In the meantime, going to eat delivery food and listen to “I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman.”

*or should I refer to it as yesterday since today is tomorrow in the motherland?

Set in Playfair Display and Cutive Mono

i n c h b y i n c h

I'm gonna make this garden grow

r o w b y r o w

Set in Montserrat and Lora

“What motivates you?”

Last week, I asked each member of the creative team at my workplace to share what motivates them as a "creative." Earlier that week, I realized that I spend the majority of my waking hours with these people without knowing what gets them to show up everyday. Of course, it would be naive to think that money has absolutely nothing to do with why we do what we do, but no one brought up money once during our hour long conversation.

I'm going to dwell on this for a while.

Set in Covered by Your Grace and EB Garamond

TFW

You wake up from a 2-hour nap to find that your boyfriend ate the cake you had baked for his birthday but were saving for after dinner.

Set in Fjalla One and Prata

Fridays are for

fried chicken

Set in Josefin Slab and Petit Formal Script

too busy feeling feelings and over- thinking it.

B RB

Set in Patrick Hand SC and Oswald

California

This West Coast thing? I tell myself it's just a phase I'm going through, that I'll surely find my way back east and feel like I'm home. But man, is the sushi good here...

Set in Sacramento and Montserrat

“I love the idea that everyone has a gift to give. And I believe that the whole world is waiting for us to give that gift to them. What if we could empower everyone to operate out of that place, instead of out of job titles or money or security, even? Imagine a world where everyone gives their truest, most authentic gifts.” Elle Luna

This. this. this. Call me naive, inexperienced, over-optimistic — whatever. The interview of Elle Luna in The Great Discontent sparked a fire in so many of us in the creative community and beyond and I'm going to fight to keep that spark alive.

Any suggestions for going about finding your calling? Let's chat. The world is waiting.

Set in Yeseva One and Josefin Sans

Dear Diary

Today I crossed a line I thought I would never be ready to cross: I published my first tweet. Is this how it feels to lose your twitter virginity? There's no turning back. #takeitslow

Set in League Script and Josefin Slab

Best Bowls of Ramen in the Bay
by Do-Hee Kim

one

Hiyashi Chu-Ka
Himawari
San Mateo, CA

two

Orenchi Ramen
Orenchi*
Santa Clara, CA

*Important: Not to be confused with Orenchi Beyond in SF.

three

Tonkotsu Deluxe Ramen
Himawari
San Mateo, CA

four

Shoyu Ramen (Spicy)
Ramen Dojo
San Mateo, CA

Set in Open Sans and Lora

Bali

New York

Paris

Barcelona

New Orleans

have

passport

will

travel

Why it's been so hard for me to apply for my U.S. passport is beyond me. Need to overcome this battle of procrastination so I can actually go overseas this year. (I know traveling to New York and New Orleans does not require a passport, but I'm going to include them in this list anyways. Let me live.)

Set in Montserrat and Cardo

Your Fare Breakdown

Trip Fare

$7.00

1 Bounty Hunter*

$0.00

Charged

$7.00

*This might terrify you while in your rideshare, especially if the guy tells you he usually carries a gun, but you leave with a good story.

Set in Josefin Sans and Playfair Display

that magic moment

you find a chinese restaurant near your house you love and you know life will never be the same, for the better

Set in Quicksand and EB Garamond

Don't worry 'bout a thing. Cause

A friend once told me that sometimes you don't get what you want, but instead, get what you need. Been thinking about what I need these last few days and remembered

every little thing gonna be all right

I already have all that I need. My people, my love, my home. So, you know what? Things are gonna be just fine.

Maybe tomorrow's post will be something other than a dose of self help by a 20-something. Just maybe.

Set in Oswald and Cutive Mono

Daily Digest

All one might want to know about my day

San Francisco, CA

Issue One

April 21, 2015

Grown woman falls apart at work and tries to pick up the pieces

So, yeah, this happened. Around 7PM Pacific Time, subject started to cry. Shredded kleenex, snot, and all. Reporter is biased, but thinks this is okay — letting your emotions show every once in a while. Some days you can hold it together. Some days you just can't. Read more on future blog post.

The internet can be surprisingly kind

This project, 100 Days of Fonts, was featured on a couple of design news outlets today. The instagram followers were completely unexpected, but what was more unexpected were the handful of emails from fellow designers with motivating words of encouragement. Thank you internet world. You give me hope.

Weather:Misty, but I'll call it rainy because I like this umbrella.

Set in Libre Baskerville and Montserrat

noun
1. Day after Sunday. Often marked by unusual fatigue and irritability.

2. A day I have yet to be truly prepared for.

Set in Cabin and Old Standard TT

Set in Monteserrat, Crimson Text, and Over the Rainbow

Chez Kim-Bary - Dinner - April, 18

Appetizer

Chef's Special

Tempting scent of fried chicken. Served at the chef's table, a teaser to prep the appetite. On the house.

Entree

Home Fried Chicken

Fresh boneless chicken thighs from Safeway coated in all-purpose flour and lightly fried in vegetable oil. Hand-tossed in a homemade honey-soy-garlic sauce.

White Rice

Steamed white rice. Plain and sticky. Served with a side of Kimchi. Would make any Korean mother proud.

Wok-Fried Greens

One week-young snow pea greens from Asian market paired with thin slices of garlic.

Dessert

your choice of...

Vanilla bean ice cream with farmers market strawberries

Freshly toasted Taiyaki with glass of milk

California fruit platter featuring raspberries and tangelos

Open for private events only. Call to make reservations for parties of 0 or more.

San Francisco, Ca

Set in Open Sans Condensed and Playfair Display SC

Notable Quotables

I am always
doing that which
I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Pablo Picasso

Set in Abril Fatface and Josefin Sans

In another life, I would be a florist.

Fun fact: "flower" was my first word (or rather the word for “flower” in Korean). And on second thought, what’s stopping me from being one in this life?

What are some of the things you want to be?

P. granatum

Set in Cardo and Josefin Sans

bad

things

come

you,

will

zap

the

bad

things.

Set in Libre Baskerville and Entypo

corn

dogs

for —

ever.

corn

dogs

for —

ever.

An ode to the corndog. The perfect combo of processed meats and deep fried corn bread. Some refer to you as a hot dog on a stick, but, oh, you are so much more.

Set in Oswald and Old Standard TT

place
stamp
here

carte postale

Dear You,
Today wasn't as bad as you thought it was going to be. If anything, it was kind of good. Remember that embrace, that inside joke, that feeling of having found your calling, even if it was just for a moment. Hold on to that feeling. Hold on to that joy.

To: My Future Self
411 Where ever I happen to be
Earth or nearby most likely

From: Yours Truly

Set in Crimson Text and La Belle Aurore

11:04

Welcome to an all-too-familiar episode of Sunday Night Anxiety. Time to remind myself I've made it through 1325 weeks, and I'm likely to make it through another one.

Here we go.

Set in Merriweather and Source Sans Pro

Adventure

Worthwhile

Experiencing a serious case of wanderlust today. Time to start planning my next adventure.

Set in Playfair Display and Cutive Mono

and to

all a

good

night

☾

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't happened yet.

Set in Montserrat and Lora

We Are

All Making

Mistakes

If your're afraid of making mistakes, raise your hand. (I'm now typing with one hand and it is quite difficult.) Now, put your hand down and stop being afraid. You're welcome.

Set in Londrina Outline and Alegreya

A Crazy Cat Lady

Sometimes I picture my future self and see a crazy cat pig lady, and let me tell you, it doesn't seem half bad.

Set in Fjalla One and Bad Script

Better late than never, right?

My clock tells me it's now past midnight so some would say #100DaysofFonts has already failed. Check back tomorrow to see if I have accepted defeat or have decided to reject the widely accepted definition of the unit of time known as “day” in order to carry on with this exercise.

Set in Yeseva One and Crimson Text

Hello, world!

This marks the start of my 100 Days Project. Everyday, for the next 100 days, I'll showcase a pair of google fonts. Follow me on instagram (#100DaysofFonts) or check back here for daily updates. Disclaimer: Updates may or may not get more interesting.

Set in Montserrat and Playfair Display