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Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
Please don't bash Comic Sans and Papyrus here; they're both excellent typefaces. I don't think Plex will achieve a fraction of the ubiquity of a Verdana or Arial. The public won'…1 -
Re: Plex; IBM's new font identity model
Sorry to derail this thread but Comic Sans absolutely suited to comic balloons if said comics are rad. A certain generation got uptight about its overuse a decade and a half ago but it's cutting…2 -
Re: Fonts in the Wild
Disclaimer: I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Feel free to tell me why this wouldn't be effective. I think it might be possible to do a cipher subset when serving web fonts…1 -
Re: Ultra-compressed flat-siders
Visually, I think there's something pleasant that happens—a charming pattern barcode-like tone that you don't get with curved sides. In regular width that tone might impede readability but …1 -
Re: Ultra-compressed flat-siders
@"Thomas Phinney" I'm sure that's the main reason they're not as common. It's not just a matter of flattening the sides. It's all new spacing, kerning and overshoot…1
