Combination (Dan's font; new directions)
W01
Signal
Galano Grotesque dominant. All-caps at every scale — the wordmark becomes the biggest thing on the page. Navy + electric yellow-green. Loud, direct, zero compromise.
NAVY
VOLT GREEN
MID BLUE
WARM WHITE
SIGNAL RED
Navy #1A2A5E
Volt Green #C8E030
Mid Blue #3A5AA0
Warm White #F8F6EE
Signal Red #C41A3A
Galano Grotesque 300 → 700 · all-caps · size as the variable
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
YOUR
MIND
WORKS.
It just needs better instructions. Dan Harris spent years finding them.
10% HAPPIER
"Your thoughts are not facts. They're just your brain being extremely annoying."
— Dan Harris
EP. 214
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Featured ↗ Science ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Navy + volt green. Galano Grotesque 700 dominant. The wordmark stays exactly as it is — this direction just turns up the volume on the same typeface. The 300/700 contrast within Galano Grotesque creates hierarchy without ever leaving the font.
W02
Chalk
Galano Grotesque dominant but at 300 weight — the quiet end. Large tracking, large scale. The wordmark's own personality taken to its most restrained conclusion.
NEAR BLACK
DEEP SAGE
MID SAGE
STONE
CHALK
Near Black
Deep Sage
Mid Sage
Stone
Chalk
Galano Grotesque 300 · large tracking · scale contrast
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
THE MIND
CAN
CHANGE.
Research-backed. Jargon-free. Dan Harris as proof of concept.
10% HAPPIER
"Noticing you've wandered is not failure. It is the practice."
DAN HARRIS
EP. 201
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Science ↗ Meditation ↗ Featured ↗ Interview
Near-black + deep sage. Galano Grotesque 300 dominant. The wordmark's own weight — 300 — taken to the extreme. Galano Grotesque 300. Wide tracking at large scale is the whole move. Quieter than W02 but still unmistakably the same typeface.
W03
Dispatch
Galano Grotesque as newspaper masthead. Bold editorial layout — the wordmark runs horizontally across the full width like a publication flag. Deep red + cream.
INK
DEEP RED
STEEL
PARCHMENT
CREAM
Ink
Deep Red
Steel
Parchment
Cream
Galano Grotesque · masthead layout · editorial two-column
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
Vol. 8 · Ep. 214
YOUR BRAIN IS NOT THE ENEMY.
It's just untrained. And training is available. Dan Harris found the instructions.
Also this week
The neuroscience of worry — why you can't stop and what actually helps. With Judson Brewer.
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
"Most of what you worry about never happens. The rest you can handle."
DAN HARRIS · EP. 198
"
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Science ↗ Featured ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Ink + deep red. Galano Grotesque as masthead. The wordmark runs like a newspaper flag — full width, all-caps, exactly as it already exists. The editorial layout is built entirely around that existing Galano Grotesque mark.
W04
Mono
Galano Grotesque at 400 — neither bold nor light. Rigorous, precise. Reads like a product that takes itself seriously without taking itself too seriously. Teal + lime.
DEEP TEAL BLACK
TEAL
LIME
SAGE GREY
PALE
Teal Black
Teal
Lime
Sage Grey
Pale
Galano Grotesque 400 · systematic · precise spacing
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
State
Less anxious than yesterday.
Method
Science-backed practice.
Result
10% happier.
10% HAPPIER
"You don't have to like your thoughts to be free of them."
DAN HARRIS
EP. 207
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Science ↗ Featured ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Teal + lime. Galano Grotesque 400 systematic. The label/value layout in the specimen is a new move — it reads like a product spec sheet, which suits the rigorous side of the brief. Galano Grotesque 400 is the workhorse weight.
W05
Marquee
Galano Grotesque 700 at maximum scale — one word per line, the whole page is a billboard. Midnight + flash yellow. The most confident expression of the existing font.
MIDNIGHT
FLASH YELLOW
COBALT
WARM WHITE
CRIMSON
Midnight
Flash Yellow
Cobalt
Warm White
Crimson
Galano Grotesque 700 · single word per line · 110px
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
10%
HAPPIER.
10%
10% HAPPIER
"Less suffering is possible. Weirdly, that's true."
DAN HARRIS
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Featured ↗ Science ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Midnight + flash yellow. Galano Grotesque 700 billboard. The Galano Grotesque wordmark taken to its logical extreme — one word per line at 110px. The ghosted "10%" in the quote card is the small recurring mark.
W07
Negative Space
Galano Grotesque 700 outlined — the letterforms become a graphic texture. One filled word, the rest in outline. Near-black + warm white + a single crimson rule.
NEAR BLACK
CRIMSON
GRAPHITE
STONE
WARM WHITE
Near Black #0A0A08
Crimson #A01830
Graphite #585850
Stone #D8D4C8
Warm White #F0EEE8
Galano Grotesque 700 · outline treatment · one filled word
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
YOUR
MIND
IS
NOT
BROKEN.
Just untrained. There is a meaningful difference. And the difference matters a lot.
10% HAPPIER
"YOUR THOUGHTS
ARE NOT FACTS."
DAN HARRIS
EP. 214
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Science ↗ Featured ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Near-black + crimson rule. Galano Grotesque outlined. The outline treatment uses the letterforms as texture — most of the headline is transparent, one word is filled. The crimson rule is the only color. Unusual graphic move with zero new typefaces.
W08
Poster
Galano Grotesque 700 stacked at extreme tight leading — every line touching the one above. Reads like a gig poster or a protest sign. Forest + lemon + warm white.
DEEP FOREST
FOREST
LEMON
PALE GREEN WHITE
CRIMSON
Deep Forest #0A180E
Forest #1A4A28
Lemon #C8D820
Pale Green White #F0F4EC
Crimson #A01830
Galano Grotesque 700 · tight leading · poster stacking
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
LESS
SUFFER
ING
IS POS
SIBLE.
Weirdly, that is true. The research is very clear. Dan Harris is proof.
10% HAPPIER
YOUR
BRAIN
WORKS.
DAN HARRIS
EP. 201
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Science ↗ Featured ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Deep forest + lemon. Galano Grotesque 700 poster. Breaking words across lines (SUFFER/ING, POS/SIBLE) is an old poster and punk zine trick — it forces the eye to read actively. The word breaks themselves become part of the design.
W09
Run-On
One unbroken sentence at full width, no line breaks, text scaling to fill the container. The sentence IS the layout. Slate blue + warm cream. Nothing like anything in the wellness space.
NEAR BLACK
SLATE BLUE
SIGNAL RED
SAND
PALE BLUE WHITE
Near Black #0A0E1E
Slate Blue #2A3A7A
Signal Red #C01830
Sand #D8D0B8
Pale Blue White #EEF0F6
Galano Grotesque 300 · single run-on line · no breaks
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
YOUR BRAIN IS NOT BROKEN. IT IS UNDERTRAINED. THERE IS A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR. DAN HARRIS IS PROOF.
YOUR BRAIN IS NOT BROKEN. IT IS UNDERTRAINED. THERE IS A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE. THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR. DAN HARRIS IS PROOF.
YOUR BRAIN IS NOT BROKEN. IT IS UNDERTRAINED. THERE IS A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE.
10% HAPPIER
"Noticing you've wandered is not failure. It is the practice."
DAN HARRIS · EP. 201
10% HAPPIER
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Science ↗ Featured ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Slate blue + signal red rule. Galano Grotesque 300 run-on. The repeating sentence at decreasing opacity is a wallpaper-like graphic move — the type becomes texture. Three lines of the same sentence fading out. Very different from anything in this space.
W10
Overscore
Galano Grotesque 700 with thick colored bars sitting above key words — the bar replaces the underline convention. Warm black + electric teal + parchment. Editorial precision.
WARM BLACK
DEEP TEAL
ELECTRIC TEAL
PARCHMENT
PALE TEAL WHITE
Warm Black #0A1A16
Deep Teal #0A5A4A
Electric Teal #20C8A0
Parchment #D8C8A0
Pale Teal White #EEF4F2
Galano Grotesque 700 · overscore bars · bar as punctuation
10% HAPPIER · DAN HARRIS
YOUR MIND
IS TRAINABLE.
start now.
Science-backed. Jargon-free. Dan Harris as proof of concept.
10% HAPPIER
"Less suffering is possible. Weirdly, that is true."
DAN HARRIS
EP. 207
TAGS
↗ New Episode ↗ Science ↗ Featured ↗ Meditation ↗ Interview
Deep teal + electric teal. Galano Grotesque overscore. The bar above each line replaces the underline — a small graphic decision that gives the type a distinctive rhythm. The key line gets the full-brightness bar; the others fade. Quote card on electric teal is the payoff.