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Re:Sparks: A typeface for creating sparklines in text withou... by yohannparis on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:37PM (#23095993)
5.2 MB is for the whole set, if you are using this font in a project, you will most likely set on one type of font format (.eof, etc.) and one weight (extra-thin, bold.)

The font file ranges from 18Kb to ~600kb, with most in the ~50kb, which is reasonable for the simplicity.

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Re:Sparks: A typeface for creating sparklines in text withou... by ken on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:22AM (#23111357)
Fair point, but I disagree about even that size being reasonable -- or simple.

There's a million things you can implement as a font. I have yet to see anything I think is a good idea to implement as a font except the defined glyph shapes themselves.

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