hardypart@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMeet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptoswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down112cross-posted to: typography@lemmy.catypography@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.socialtechnews@radiation.partytech@kbin.socialtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkMeet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptoswww.theverge.comhardypart@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: typography@lemmy.catypography@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idtechnology@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.socialtechnews@radiation.partytech@kbin.socialtechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareChickenstalker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·2 years agoHow is a new font “more inclusive”? This word has been co-opted by corpo drones and has lost its meaning.
minus-squarehardypart@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoIt’s little things like better disambiguation between uppercase i and lowercase L.
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoand the letters qpdb are different? (for dyslexic people)
minus-squareShihali@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoqpdb are completely symmetrical in Bierstadt, so no.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt’s like ‘gaslighting’ or ‘reboot’, or various others: it gains a little traction then everyone finds an excuse to use it, appropriate or not.
minus-squaresuperschurkelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThe only meaning I could imagine as useful is to include more different scripts from the Unicode set.
How is a new font “more inclusive”? This word has been co-opted by corpo drones and has lost its meaning.
It’s little things like better disambiguation between uppercase i and lowercase L.
and the letters qpdb are different? (for dyslexic people)
qpdb are completely symmetrical in Bierstadt, so no.
It’s like ‘gaslighting’ or ‘reboot’, or various others: it gains a little traction then everyone finds an excuse to use it, appropriate or not.
The only meaning I could imagine as useful is to include more different scripts from the Unicode set.