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Re:TabFont – guitar tabs rendered as you type by sshanky on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @02:48PM (#48835822)
Does anyone find the little "finger" shapes confusing? I would rather see circles, so my brain doesn't have to adapt to a new way of reading tabs. Also, the inverted "D" shape is hard to parse because it's not a symmetric shape. Cool idea, other than that! It reminds me of this new QR code font I read about just yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48703200
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Re:TabFont – guitar tabs rendered as you type by TylerE on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @03:19PM (#48836243)
Yeah, as a guitarist this is hideously non-standard. Definition of change for the sake of change.
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Re:TabFont – guitar tabs rendered as you type by ollysb on Thursday July 09, 2026 @02:27AM (#48841738)
If shows the direction your fingers would point on the guitar neck but it's not like there's much confusion around this point.
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