The Wild Cards of Hanyu Pinyin

Aside from the vowels (also known as Finals in Hanyu Pinyin), I like to think that the father of Pinyin saw various modern … More

Read something this summer :)

We were never around for summers (because it’s the coldest time) in San Francisco. Last year was quite the exception … More

Jon pointed out the 🌳 in earlier days when we started seeing each other. He made me say “Three trees” … More

I have seen more green onions in my lifetime than roses and violets, yet I did not know that flowers … More

To #unite (合) is when Human (人) come together as One (一) Voice (口) #asians4blacklives #chinesecharacters

The Chinese character to say “Hey” is simply a Mouth (口) + Black (黑) #speakup #yellowperilsupportsblackpower #asians4blacklives #chinesecharacters

During shelter-in-place, there are all sorts of online services that the San Francisco Public Library provides but it’s not the … More

Last week was chaotic. I had my first crazy tooth extraction, ten hours before San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order took place. … More

It was a nerve-racking ordeal to lose thirty-two books in the mail. On hindsight, it was probably a wake-up call … More

The corridor of brown paper packaged fonts leads to the bookbinding department – on the right – which we missed … More

For the last twenty years, fonts are a huge part of my life. From the serifs Garamond, Baskerville, Bodini to … More

From time to time, Jon and I would take a stroll down Clement Street to Green Apple Books. Which shelf … More

Two fruitful years of writing, drawing and creating in San Francisco. I love our Inner Richmond neighborhood so much that … More

Mountain beyond mountains 山外有山 <Mountain and beyond exist mountain(s)> – this Chinese expression is often used to mean “there is always a … More

阳光灿烂(的)日子

Back in 2012, when Jon and I started sending postcards to each other, California was still in drought. We were … More