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minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agoWhy do they do this?
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoDo what? Nothing has even been done yet, they’re just discussing the possibility of changing the font…
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoI mean making a font whete the l and I are the same
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoFair, they’re pretty common but most fonts support OpenType variations which let you change parts of the fonts to other variants. Having a variant with distinct l’s and I’s is pretty common and Inter supports this.
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·5 months agobut thats counter intuitive, why not stick to a clear fonts? im not gonna judge ones choices but i just dont understand it is all.
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI agree, I wish fonts just defaulted to distinguishing between them
minus-squareslacktoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agotime for a mass boycott of bad fonts!!
Why do they do this?
Do what? Nothing has even been done yet, they’re just discussing the possibility of changing the font…
I mean making a font whete the l and I are the same
Fair, they’re pretty common but most fonts support OpenType variations which let you change parts of the fonts to other variants. Having a variant with distinct l’s and I’s is pretty common and Inter supports this.
but thats counter intuitive, why not stick to a clear fonts? im not gonna judge ones choices but i just dont understand it is all.
I agree, I wish fonts just defaulted to distinguishing between them
time for a mass boycott of bad fonts!!