Welcome to my website!https://halfapx.com/https://halfapx.com/antarctica/https://halfapx.com/antarctica/Recapping my trip to Antarctica to photograph wildlife and stunning landscapes.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedwritingtravelhttps://halfapx.com/antarctica-know-before-you-go/https://halfapx.com/antarctica-know-before-you-go/A breakdown of travelling to Antarctica, including the different types of trips, the regulations, and what to expect.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTwritingtravelhttps://halfapx.com/chasing-dances-in-the-sky/https://halfapx.com/chasing-dances-in-the-sky/Recapping my trip to Swedish Lapland to photograph the Northern Lights.Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedwritingtravelhttps://halfapx.com/calligraphy-grid-math/https://halfapx.com/calligraphy-grid-math/An ode to calligraphy guidelines, falling into rabbit holes and the fun of code. This article is about the math of calligraphy grids and how to create them with SVG.Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedcodeletteringhttps://halfapx.com/show-code-blocks/https://halfapx.com/show-code-blocks/A guide on how to render different kinds of code blocks in Astro, from full files to partial components and rendered HTML.Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/reloaded/https://halfapx.com/reloaded/Musings while coding this very page you're looking atSat, 13 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedwritinghttps://halfapx.com/how-to-create-a-kindle-ebook-with-enhanced-typesetting-using-word-calibre/https://halfapx.com/how-to-create-a-kindle-ebook-with-enhanced-typesetting-using-word-calibre/How to create a kindle eBook with Enhanced Typesetting using Word + CalibreMon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTcodewritinghttps://halfapx.com/pursuing-calligraphy/https://halfapx.com/pursuing-calligraphy/The origins of how halfapx fell in love with letters.Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedletteringwritinghttps://halfapx.com/christmas-mail/https://halfapx.com/christmas-mail/A collaboration with Stabilo on how to make simple christmas cards.Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTletteringwritinghttps://halfapx.com/caran-dache/https://halfapx.com/caran-dache/Recounting a visit to the Caran d'Ache factoryMon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTletteringwritinghttps://halfapx.com/uninspired/https://halfapx.com/uninspired/The feelings of being uninspired as an artist.Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTletteringwritinghttps://halfapx.com/calligraphy-masters-podcast/https://halfapx.com/calligraphy-masters-podcast/Super excited to be featured on this week’s episode of the Calligraphy Masters Podcast that has featured some of my biggest Calligraphy Inpirations, so I am very excited to have been asked to join the conversation.Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/teacher-thoughts/https://halfapx.com/teacher-thoughts/Thoughts about teaching Calligraphy for the first time.Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTletteringwritinghttps://halfapx.com/calligraphy-and-lettering-gift-guide/https://halfapx.com/calligraphy-and-lettering-gift-guide/A gift guide for Calligraphy and Lettering EnthusiastsSat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/colored-fudenosuke-brush-pens-first-impression-review-comparison-to-zebra-funwari-pens/https://halfapx.com/colored-fudenosuke-brush-pens-first-impression-review-comparison-to-zebra-funwari-pens/The Brushlettering World has a new colored fude pen! Tombow is releasing colored versions of the Fudenosuke, the moment I saw them being released I knew I had to compare them to the Zebra Funwari pens I had gotten a couple months ago. This video is a bit of an unboxing, first impression, comparison and forgetting how to talk properly when facing colored pens and trying to write their names.Sat, 29 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/handmade-pen-holders/https://halfapx.com/handmade-pen-holders/Talking about custom penholders and my collection.Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedletteringhttps://halfapx.com/lets-talk-about-handwritten-words/https://halfapx.com/lets-talk-about-handwritten-words/I had the awesome opportunity to create a series of blog posts all about Calligraphy, Brushlettering and how to incorporate it into your life with some great photography products. This series was written for the photo printing service ifolor, which is where I do order all photography products, so collaborating with them was a lot of fun!Fri, 24 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/procreate-4-1-symmetry-fun-flourished-mandala/https://halfapx.com/procreate-4-1-symmetry-fun-flourished-mandala/The new Update of Procreate Dropped Today and I had so much Fun drawing Mandalas, I went a little crazy.Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/how-to-move-from-etsy-to-woocommerce/https://halfapx.com/how-to-move-from-etsy-to-woocommerce/A guide on how to move from Etsy to WooCommerce, including a breakdown of the costs and fees, and how to set up your WooCommerce shop.Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/battle-of-the-2-in-1-pen-holders-deuce-vs-moblique/https://halfapx.com/battle-of-the-2-in-1-pen-holders-deuce-vs-moblique/Today's Battle is between the Yoke Pen Company Deuce and the Luis Creations Moblique who’s your personal winner?Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/calligraphy-starter-kit/https://halfapx.com/calligraphy-starter-kit/Calligrpahy requires a lot more tools than most other writing instruments and not a day goes by that I don’t get at least one message of people asking what tools they need to get their own calligraphy adventure started.Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/luis-creations-soap-vs-intllab-magnetic-stirrer/https://halfapx.com/luis-creations-soap-vs-intllab-magnetic-stirrer/A comparison of the Soap by Luis Creations and the Intllab Magnetic StirrerThu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/whiteout-white-ink-showdown/https://halfapx.com/whiteout-white-ink-showdown/White Inks are a whole subject of their own. A while ago I wrote about black inks and the different types of inks available, so I’ll just reference you to that for this kind of information. This time round, I dug out all of the white inks I had available (and bought some new ones) to give you an ultimate white ink showdown.Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/woocommerce-automatic-discounts/https://halfapx.com/woocommerce-automatic-discounts/I haven't written a proper nerdy post in a while, and since it took me quite a while to figure this out in a way that worked for my use case, I decided to get this all written up, in case anyone else here takes enough pride in their coding, that they just refuse to pay 150 bucks a year for a thing they can write up in under two hours.Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/lettering-names-no-6-ipad-pro-procreate/https://halfapx.com/lettering-names-no-6-ipad-pro-procreate/This is the sixth installment of my name lettering series. This was sped up 3x times, written with the Azim Pen Grid was made using my Grid Brush.Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/top-black-inks/https://halfapx.com/top-black-inks/Me and black ink have a pretty strong bond and somewhat of a long history. Back in my school days I got/had to use fountain pens every day and I’m gonna be honest, I just never liked the default royal blue. That was before Social Media and before I learned about this wonderfully amazing thing we call Online Shopping so all I knew was a very limited palette of ink, notably Royal Blue (urgh), Dark Green (not allowed in School), Red (loved it, also prohibited), Pink (my top favorite, but also not okay in school) and black (OMG, it’s allowed to use, it’s not freaking royal blue and it’s kinda awesome!). Me and black ink were a pretty big thing and if you look at old notebooks of mine, before all of my dark reds and burgundies and turquoise they are pretty much exclusively written in black. So to say that me and black ink go way back is a bit of an understatement, since it’s basically been with me for most of my life, since I was around 8 years old. But black and me in Calligraphy didn’t have the easiest of starts, because I tried a lot of inks I didn’t like. That has changed now though.Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/pvc-pipe-pen-storage/https://halfapx.com/pvc-pipe-pen-storage/A DIY project to store pens horizontallyTue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/get-better-hairlines/https://halfapx.com/get-better-hairlines/We all love them. We all crave them. We all want to achieve suuuper thin hairlines. When I first saw delicate calligraphy written with a 303 nib I was in awe! But how on earth was I supposed to achieve that when I was so heavy-handed? Well, I decided to work on it and less than a year later, hairlines is what people most often compliment me on. Today I want to share a few tips that I've learned to make hairlines thinner and prettier.Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/nanowrimo2017/https://halfapx.com/nanowrimo2017/What goes on in my mind when I'm writingSun, 29 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTwritinghttps://halfapx.com/vectorizing-workflow-battle/https://halfapx.com/vectorizing-workflow-battle/A quick comparison of different vectorizing methods in Adobe Illustrator.Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/hand-lettering-vs-calligraphy/https://halfapx.com/hand-lettering-vs-calligraphy/Words are confusing, especially when it comes to those “mushy” terms where no one is really sure what they actually mean. You guys know I am crazy about research, you know I love to write, I also am a gigantic word-fanatic so this is a subject I have been spending a lot of time with. I get the question whenever I make a comment about the fact that I am bad at Hand Lettering and prefer Calligraphy.Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/relaunch/https://halfapx.com/relaunch/A post about the relaunch of halfapx, the changes in design, content and the shop.Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTwritinghttps://halfapx.com/cut-fine-details-silhouette-machine-graphtec-cb09-blade/https://halfapx.com/cut-fine-details-silhouette-machine-graphtec-cb09-blade/A tutorial on how to cut fine details in vinyl with a Silhouette Machine and a Graphtec CB09 BladeWed, 19 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/streaky-paint-text-effect-procreate-ipad-pro/https://halfapx.com/streaky-paint-text-effect-procreate-ipad-pro/A tutorial on how to achieve a streaky paint text effect in Procreate on an iPad ProFri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/realist-dreamers-mind/https://halfapx.com/realist-dreamers-mind/I was fourteen when I met the love of my life. Words and I had known each other forever. But we only had realized that we were a match two years prior, when I first realized that bending and blending and sorting and jumbling and putting together and tearing apart were things I really liked to do to words and sentences.Tue, 27 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTwritinghttps://halfapx.com/calligraphy-material-save-splurge/https://halfapx.com/calligraphy-material-save-splurge/I know as a beginner, especially when you're not really sure if Calligraphy is really your thing any kind of investment is worth one or two thoughts. You don't want to spend a ton of money, unless you're sure. So what route should you go? Get everything cheap? Get everything good, so you really know it's not the tools that are bad? Here's a - slightly opinionated - post where saving is fine and when splurging might make a really big difference.Thu, 25 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/lettering-100-names-no-5-ipad-pro-procreate/https://halfapx.com/lettering-100-names-no-5-ipad-pro-procreate/I got around 100 requests on Instagram yesterday and decided to go and letter them all.Sat, 20 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/flat-long-shadow-effect-procreate/https://halfapx.com/flat-long-shadow-effect-procreate/A quick video of my shadow processTue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/interlacing-text-procreate/https://halfapx.com/interlacing-text-procreate/A quick video of my interlacing text processWed, 26 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/embossed-text-effect-procreate-ipad-pro/https://halfapx.com/embossed-text-effect-procreate-ipad-pro/A quick tutorial on this embossed Text Effect, that I shared in my Instagram Story yesterday.Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/install-procreate-brushes-internet/https://halfapx.com/install-procreate-brushes-internet/A quick video on how to install brushes.Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/doodling-amaziograph-app-ipad-pro-9-7-apple-pencil/https://halfapx.com/doodling-amaziograph-app-ipad-pro-9-7-apple-pencil/A video of playing in AmaziographMon, 03 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/golden-quote-lettering-process-ipad-pro-procreate/https://halfapx.com/golden-quote-lettering-process-ipad-pro-procreate/A video of my lettering processFri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/pen-holders/https://halfapx.com/pen-holders/When I first saw that the prices for a nib and pen holder were below 5 dollars I was happy. I felt like for the first time in this lettering world something was not gonnaSun, 19 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/lettering-names-no-4-copperplate-ipad-pro-9-7-procreate/https://halfapx.com/lettering-names-no-4-copperplate-ipad-pro-9-7-procreate/A quick video of my lettering processTue, 28 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/create-calligraphy-guidesheets-with-adobe-illustrator/https://halfapx.com/create-calligraphy-guidesheets-with-adobe-illustrator/A tutorial on how to create calligraphy guidesheets in Adobe Illustrator using 4 paths.Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/my-nib-collection/https://halfapx.com/my-nib-collection/I want to know a great many things whenever I am looking to buy new calligraphy nibs. Unfortunately a beautifully lit macro photo of a nib with just the name will not give me answers. Just hints and my next google search term, which will most probably throw the same macro picture at me and call it a success.Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/calligraphy-the-beginning/https://halfapx.com/calligraphy-the-beginning/How does one get started with calligraphy? What supplies can you recommend for a beginner? I get those kind of questions about every other day. So I decided to start this series of Calligraphy 101 to give an introduction into this world I have really started to love in the past year.Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/art-process-videos-smartphone/https://halfapx.com/art-process-videos-smartphone/A guide on how to create lettering videos for social media with a smartphoneFri, 20 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/pressure-curve-for-ipadlettering/https://halfapx.com/pressure-curve-for-ipadlettering/Learning how to adjust the pressure curve in procreate and how to find the perfect setting for your iPad LetteringTue, 16 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedletteringhttps://halfapx.com/complete-brush-lettering-starter-kit/https://halfapx.com/complete-brush-lettering-starter-kit/A shopping list to learn about all brush lettering tool types for a small budgetSat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedletteringhttps://halfapx.com/in-love-with-amaziograph/https://halfapx.com/in-love-with-amaziograph/I've never considered myself an artist and probably won't call myself that for the rest of my life. I can't draw. Well, at least not without help. Using Amaziograph the whole being-artsy-thing might actually be worth a shot.Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/ipad-lettering-101/https://halfapx.com/ipad-lettering-101/A getting started guide for iPad LetteringFri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTfeaturedletteringhttps://halfapx.com/reboot/https://halfapx.com/reboot/On relaunching with a redesign.Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMTwritinghttps://halfapx.com/brush-lettering-with-ipad-pro/https://halfapx.com/brush-lettering-with-ipad-pro/Digitally creating brush lettering with the iPad Pro and Apple PencilTue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/brushlettering-tools/https://halfapx.com/brushlettering-tools/I've been brush lettering for a month now and I thought I'd share my experiences with the tools I've used.Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMTletteringhttps://halfapx.com/multilevel-dropdown-without-js/https://halfapx.com/multilevel-dropdown-without-js/Using the :checked hack to create a responsive multi-level-menuMon, 18 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/previous-next-links-within-jekyll-collections/https://halfapx.com/previous-next-links-within-jekyll-collections/How to write a navigator for jekyll collectionsSun, 13 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/sticky-navbar-blogger-not-100-wide/https://halfapx.com/sticky-navbar-blogger-not-100-wide/How to fix a blogger navbar without it having to be 100% wide.Thu, 03 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/two-menus-one-responsive-off-canvas-navigation/https://halfapx.com/two-menus-one-responsive-off-canvas-navigation/exploring the possibilities of combining two menus into one off-canvas navigationTue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/basic-responsive-menu-off-canvas-with-flexbox/https://halfapx.com/basic-responsive-menu-off-canvas-with-flexbox/A simple 1-Level-Menu that turns into an off-canvas menu when it collapsesMon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/three-level-dropdown-from-link-list/https://halfapx.com/three-level-dropdown-from-link-list/A dropdown menu without coding skillsMon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/jekyll-front-matter-generator-ruby/https://halfapx.com/jekyll-front-matter-generator-ruby/A front matter generator for jekyll postsSat, 06 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMTcodehttps://halfapx.com/left-middle-right-layout-with-flexbox-and-float/https://halfapx.com/left-middle-right-layout-with-flexbox-and-float/A simple layout that centers the middle elementThu, 21 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTcode