Explore Wikipedia's New Look

Re:Explore Wikipedia's New Look by aendruk on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:05PM (#34434945)

It’s just a silly font, still a work in progress. Inspired by https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@Nifflas/109330930338202763

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Re:Explore Wikipedia's New Look by vladharbuz on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:13PM (#34435919)

Could you share what font editor you used, and whether you're using ligatures?

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Re:Explore Wikipedia's New Look by aendruk on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:57PM (#34436196)

FontForge, despite its antiquated interface, and liberal use of ligatures:

https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmVMS6LFUEqJJdnXDVuVZWRDSHT...

The biggest challenge has been keeping it legible while dense. Ultimately I’d like to give it aesthetics similar to a roman serif, but for now still experimenting with the basic construction.

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Re:Explore Wikipedia's New Look by vladharbuz on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:09PM (#34436266)

Lovely, thank you! Thinking of giving this a shot. Let me know if you post about the font anywhere.

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Re:Explore Wikipedia's New Look by LordDragonfang on Thursday January 19, 2023 @01:08PM (#34443484)

I just noticed that "L" and "R" are left and right arrows respectively. That's delightful.

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