Hello, stranger! My name is Gabrielle Wee. I’m a front-end developer working at Apple 

Windows 95

I made my handwriting into a font!

I‘ve been using my iPad a lot more lately. For a while, I was mostly using it as an e-reader and notebook, but lately I‘ve been playing games from the Kingdom Rush series and other Apple Arcade apps. I also recently discovered that there are a number of apps for creating your own fonts! Years ago, I read an article about a high school student who sent in his college application essay printed in his own handwriting, and making my own font has been on my bucket list ever since.

A sample of my handwriting as a font, including the pangram “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” in both uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as Latin characters and symbols.

I've changed servers ✨

gabriellewee@mas.to ➡️ gabrielle@front-end.social

Never actually did an post so here we go -

I'm a front-end developer currently working on Apple's marketing pages. I like to experiment with CSS and code animations! In my free time, I make jewelry, build keyboards, cuddle with my cat, and keep a couple hundred plants alive and thriving 🪴

Transferred all my domains away from Google Domains and removed Twitter from all my profiles. It’s been a weird day.

This message made me so happy 🥹 It’s nice to know that people still remember my Tumblr themes!

A sweet message from somebody who used my Tumblr themes when I used to make them. The message reads: “omg I used to use your tumblr themes exclusively when I was a teenager. I remember I loved ‘greying’. Just found your website and it’s SO COOL you are a developer at Apple now. Congrats on your success!”

Sneak preview of the latest CSS-only thing I've been cooking up on Codepen 👀

An HTML/CSS reproduction of the Windows 95 operating system  in a pastel theme.
A grey cat sitting on a fluffy cat tree surrounded by stuffed animals.
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Editor
VSCO
A person’s hand holding out a small variegated banana tree in a pot, with a grey cat relaxing on a blanket in the background.
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Editor
VSCO
Fog rolling over Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Location
Fort Point National Historic Site, San Francisco, CA, USA
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Editor
VSCO

My claim to fame is that once upon a time I made a Tumblr theme that looked just like Facebook and Soulja Boy used it as his theme for a couple of months

We've come so far but I still can't select all unread emails on my phone 😔

A grey cat sitting on a sofa, wrapped in a grey and white fuzzy blanket.
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Editor
VSCO

Why does the letter G look so weird?

I don‘t know if it‘s just me, but finding an aesthetically pleasing G is the bane of my existence. I‘ve never liked the way G looks in any font — especially cursive G‘s, those are the worst. Lowercase g‘s don‘t make much sense either, especially the looptail variety. I used to spend hours as a child rewriting my name over and over because I couldn’t get it to look like how I wanted it to look (still haven‘t quite gotten it right).

I’m enjoying the relative quiet on my Mastodon feed. I think I burned out on all the other social media because there was just a constant flow of content all the time. It’s kind of nice to be able to reach the end of new posts every now and then.

New year, new design.

I think I force myself to keep up with all the new things happening in web development by making myself redesign my site every couple of years or so. I never really consciously sit down to make comps and figure out all the details. The process is really more of me noodling on an idea I‘ve had for a while until it crystallizes into something I can use.

A collection of freshly polished wooden spoons and serving utensils.
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Editor
VSCO

I learned so much at last week! Just implemented container queries, clamp(), and individual transform properties on my site 🥳

Gridlocked roads filled with cars, mopeds, and people on an afternoon in Bangkok, Thailand.
Location
Bangkok, Thailand
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Editor
VSCO
A panoramic view of the world’s tallest indoor waterfall inside Jewel Changi Airport.
Location
Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max
Editor
VSCO