www.rollingstone.com Are Em Dashes Really a Sign of AI Writing?
Viral posts and clips on social media suggest the em dash is the product of AI chatbots, with some calling the punctuation mark a 'ChatGPT hyphen.'
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blog.glyphdrawing.club Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437?There's a small house in the moddle of IBM's Code Page 437. Why?
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microsoft.design Introducing Kermit: A typeface for kids - Microsoft DesignUsing design to empower children by making reading easier, improving comprehension, and helping dyslexics.
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blog.adobe.com More than 1,500 new fonts – including all-time favorites – come to Adobe Fonts | Adobe BlogExplore 1,500+ new fonts now available in Adobe Fonts—featuring iconic typefaces like Helvetica, Avenir, and Times New Roman. All included with your Creative Cloud membership
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webkit.org Better typography with text-wrap prettySupport for text-wrap: pretty just shipped in Safari Technology Preview, bringing an unprecedented level of polish to typography on the web.
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www.devonlive.com Exeter's unassuming Co-op worker leads astonishing 'double life'Christophe has designed logos for the likes of Rihanna
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nebulasans.com Nebula SansNebula Sans is the brand typeface for Nebula, available under the SIL Open Font License.
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Typography & fonts @lemmy.ca Cris @lemmy.world Introducing Adwaita Fonts (crosspost)
I quite like the new adaita font, though it has a bit less character than that new font open suse published a little while back.
But something more neutral isn't strictly a bad thing for an interface font I suppose
Hope y'all are having a good day :)
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Typography & fonts @lemmy.ca arakhis_ @feddit.org You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use.
www.brailleinstitute.org Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille InstituteRead easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27410537
Note that there still have been no studies on its efficacy. At worst, it is a great font to avoid ambiguity between characters.
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www.metafilter.com Robert Bringhurst's 'The Elements of Typographic Style'The Elements of Typographic Style is a book on typography and style by Canadian typographer, poet and translator Robert Bringhurst. ... A history and guide to typography, it has been praised by...
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Typography & fonts @lemmy.ca Cris @lemmy.world The hardest working font in Manhattan – Aresluna (xpost)
aresluna.org The hardest working font in ManhattanA story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8032101
From the author of the "Shift Happens" book that came out a little while ago.
This is now several crossposts deep but I wanted to share here :)
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Typography & fonts @lemmy.ca Cris @lemmy.world Highway fonts in different countries
This is a cross-post from the map enthusiasts comm :)
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Typography & fonts @lemmy.ca 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆 @lemmy.world 1892 hit hard
Joke aside, there are several cool fonts in this one from 1892:
https://archive.org/details/CentralBoston1892Specimen/page/n73/mode/2up
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Typography & fonts @lemmy.ca Interstellar_1 @lemmy.blahaj.zone Amazing free for personal use fonts
unblast.com Best Free Fonts for DesignersSelection of hand picked free and premium fonts for various design purposes. Including serif, sans serif, script, display, brush and grotesque.
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Typography & fonts @lemmy.ca Manito Manopla @lemmy.ml I'm looking for a font, can you help me identify it?
The font I'm looking for is in the title bar of this window.